Eur. Phys. J. C (2010) 68: 447-457
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1360-0

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Nuclear shadowing in Glauber–Gribov theory with Q ²-evolution

¹ Departamento de Física de Partículas and IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
² Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259, Moscow, Russia

^* e-mail: konrad.tywoniuk@usc.es

Received: 22 March 2010
Published online: 23 June 2010

Abstract

We consider deep inelastic scattering off nuclei in the Regge limit within the Glauber–Gribov model. Using unitarized parton distribution functions for the proton, we find sizeable shadowing effects on the nuclear total and longitudinal structure functions, and , in the low-x limit. Extending a fan-diagram analysis for the large-mass region of coherent diffraction off nuclei to high Q ², we also find significant shadowing effects in this kinematical regime. Finally, we discuss the shortcomings of our approach and possible extensions of the model to other kinematical regimes.