NLO corrections to the hard pomeron behavior of the charm structure functions $F^{c}_{k} (k = 2,L)$ at low x

Abstract

We show that the charm structure functions $F^{c}_{k}$ have a hard pomeron behavior at low x, as the gluon distribution is dominated by the hard (Lipatov) pomeron at small x and all $Q^{2}$ values. It is shown that the charm structure functions obtained, using the gluon distribution functions, are in agreement with data from HERA in the next-to-leading analysis (NLO). Having checked that this behavior gives the charm structure functions exponent independent of x. With respect to the hard (Lipatov) pomeron for the low-x gluon distribution, we provide a compact formula for the ratio $R^{c} = F^{c}_{L}/F^{c}_{2}$ that is approximately independent of x at low x and its independent of the input gluon distribution function at all $Q^{2}$ values.