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In this paper we compare the prediction for deep inelastic scattering from N=4 SYM with the HERA experimental data. The paper conveys two results. The first is the message that N=4 SYM is able to describe the DIS data with very good accuracy (χ 2/d.o.f. ≤ 1.5) in the region of Q 2 = 0.85 ÷ 60 GeV 2 with \( {{2} \left/ {{\sqrt {\lambda } }} \right.} = 0.7 \div 0.8 \). The second is that the value of string coupling constant g s turns out to be so small that none of saturation effects will be visible in the region of accessible energies, including the maximal energy of the LHC (W = 14 TeV).
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Levin, E., Potashnikova, I. Inelastic processes in DIS and N=4 SYM. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 112 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2010)112
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