Abstract: We show that the rise in $F_2^p$ at small $x$ and large $Q^2$ seen at HERA is indeed the non-Regge double asymptotic scaling behaviour expected from the perturbative emission of strongly ordered hard gluons. An alternative explanation, in which there is no strong ordering, and a new hard Reggeon is generated, is also tried but found wanting: its theoretical short-comings are betrayed by its failure to properly account for the HERA data.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-09-21
Language: en
Type: preprint
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