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We analyse the high-energy limit of the gluon-gluon scattering amplitude in QCD, and display an intriguing relation between the finite parts of the one-loop gluon impact factor and the finite parts of the two-loop Regge trajectory.
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Dedicated to the memory of Lev Nikolaevich Lipatov.
On leave from INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy. (Vittorio Del Duca)
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Del Duca, V. Iterating QCD scattering amplitudes in the high-energy limit. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 112 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2018)112
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