Conformal intercept of BFKL pomeron with NLO running coupling constant corrections

TL;DR

This paper introduces a modified BFKL equation with NLO running coupling corrections, resulting in a conformally invariant eigenvalue, which has significant implications for understanding high-energy QCD processes.

Contribution

It proposes a shift in the anomalous dimension function of BFKL eigenfunctions that ensures conformal invariance at NLO with running coupling corrections.

Findings

Eigenvalue of the modified BFKL equation is conformal invariant

The proposed shift affects the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues

Implications for high-energy QCD phenomenology

Abstract

In the present note we propose a shift of the anomalous dimension function of the eigenfunctions of the BFKL equation with the NLO running coupling corrections. The calculated eigenvalue of the modified equation turns out to be conformal invariant and we discuss consequences of this result.