Photon dissociation into two and three jets: initial and final state corrections

TL;DR

This paper analyzes photon dissociation into multiple jets using shock-wave formalism, providing new calculations of real and virtual contributions to improve theoretical predictions beyond previous approximations.

Contribution

It extends existing results on photon to quark, antiquark, and gluon transitions by including more comprehensive real and virtual contributions within shock-wave formalism.

Findings

Derived new real contribution formulas for photon dissociation

Presented intermediate results on virtual contributions

Enhanced theoretical understanding of photon-jet transitions

Abstract

We study the impact factor for the photon to quark, antiquark and gluon transition within Balitsky's shock-wave formalism. Our aim is to extend existing results beyond approximations discussed in the literature. We present our results of the real contribution, and present some intermediate results on virtual contributions for the photon to quark, antiquark transition.