Vector Meson Dominance

TL;DR

This paper reviews the historical development and phenomenological implications of vector-meson physics, emphasizing its relevance to modern deep inelastic scattering studies at low Bjorken x.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of vector-meson physics origins and discusses its impact on current understanding of deep inelastic scattering phenomena.

Findings

Vector-meson physics has two historical development paths.

Phenomenological consequences are relevant for low Bjorken x scattering.

The review connects past theories with modern experimental contexts.

Abstract

Historically vector-meson physics arose along two different paths to be reviewed in Sections 1 and 2. In Section 3, the phenomenological consequences will be discussed with an emphasis on those aspects of the subject matter relevant in present-day discussions on deep inelastic scattering in the diffraction region of low values of the Bjorken variable.