Cette étude est consacrée aux distributions de partons généralisées (GPDs, de l'anglais Generalised Parton Distributions). Dans un premier temps, les principales propriétés des GPDs sont rappelées. On insiste notamment sur les propriétés dites de support et sur la polynomialité. Cette dernière est automatiquement respectée lorsque l'on modélise les GPDs au travers des doubles distributions (DDs), les GPDs s'écrivant comme la transformée de Radon des DDs.Dans le cas scalaire, deux DDs, notées F et G, sont nécessaires pour décrire la GPD H. Du fait de la relation intégrale existant entre H d'un côté, et F et G de l'autre, F et G sont définies de manière ambiguë. Cette ambiguïté est exploitée dans le présent travail afin de développer une nouvelle paramétrisation phénoménologique. Utilisant l'Ansatz de Radyushkin, il est possible d'obtenir un modèle réaliste de GPD, et de le comparer aux données expérimentales disponibles. Dans le cas présent, deux types de modèles, l'un négligeant la GPD E, l'autre en tenant compte, sont comparés aux données de diffusion Compton profondément virtuelle (DVCS) de la collaboration Hall A au Jeffeson Laboratory (JLab). Dans le premier cas, on observe une plus grande flexibilité de la paramétrisation par rapport aux précédentes, ce qui permet une meilleure comparaison aux données sur les sections efficaces indépendantes de l'hélicité du faisceau. Dans le second cas, seule la GPD E est profondément modifiée. De ce fait la comparaison aux données change peu par rapport aux modèles précédents. Seules des données plus sensibles à E permettront de trancher entre les paramétrisations.Afin de dépasser les paramétrisations phénoménologiques, un premier pas a été fait vers la description dynamique des hadrons. En utilisant les équations de Dyson-Schwinger, il a été possible de calculer analytiquement la GPD de pion dans le cadre de l'approximation du diagramme triangle. La comparaison aux données expérimentales disponibles (facteur de forme et PDF) s'est révélée très bonne. Il est également possible de montrer que l'approximation du diagramme triangle permet de retrouver le théorème de pion mou. Néanmoins, ce premier modèle ne respecte pas l'ensemble des propriétés des GPDs. Elle viole la symétrie d'échange x, 1-x, et par conséquent des termes supplémentaires, précédemment négligés, sont pris en compte. On peut ainsi obtenir la densité de probabilité de trouver un quark portant une fraction d'impulsion x dans le plan transverse. Des perspectives de calculs sur le cône de lumière sont présentés dans le dernier chapitre. / This study is devoted to generalised parton distributions (GPDs). First, the main properties of GPDs are given to the reader. One can stress the so-called support properties and the polynomiality property. The latter is automatically fulfiled when modeling GPDs from double distributions (DDs), GPDs being considered as the Radon transform of DDs. In the scalar case, two DDs denoted by F and G are required to describe the GPD H. Due to the integral relation existing between H on one hand, and F and G on the other hand, F and G are not defnied unambiguously. This ambiguity is exploited in the present work in order to develop a new phenomenological parametrisation. Using the Radyushkin Ansatz, it is then possible get a realistic model of GPDs, and to compare it with available experimental data. In the present case, two types of models, one neglecting the GPD E, the other taking it into account are compared with the Jlab Hall A DVCS data. In the former cae, one can notice a better flexibility allowing to better reproduced the beam-helicity independent cross sections. In the latter one, only the GPD E is deeply modified, and thus the comparison with available data does not change significantly with respect to previous parametrisations. Only data more sensitive to E will allow one to selet the most relevant parametrisation.In order to go beyond phenomenological parametrisations, a first step has been done toward a dynamical description of hadron structure. Using the Dyson-Schwinger equations, it has been possible to compute analytically the pion GPD within the triangle diagram approximation. The comparison with available data (Form factor and PDF) appears to be very good. Nevertheless, this first model does not fulfil all the required properties. Especially the soft pion theorem, which corresponds to a specific kinematical limit. It has been shown in this work that this is due to the violation of the Axial-Vector Ward-Takahashi identity, and that the triangle approximation is sufficient to ensure the sof pion theorem. Still it violates the exchange symmetry x, 1-x, and thus additional terms, previously neglected, are taken into account. It is then possible to compute the probability density to find a quark at a given position in the transverse plan carrying a given momentum fraction. Finally, perspective on lightcone computations are given in the last chapter.

In dieser Arbeit berechnen wir mit Hilfe der Gitter-QCD Observablen, die in Beziehung zur Struktur des Nukleons stehen. Ein Teil dieser Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Momenten von Parton-Verteilungsfunktionen. Solche Momente sind wichtig für das Verständnis der Nukleon-Struktur und werden durch globale Analysen von tief-inelastischen Streuexperimenten bestimmt. Eine theoretische, nicht-perturbative Rechnung der Momente in der Gitter-QCD ist möglich. Allerdings existiert, seit solche Gitter-QCD Rechnungen vorliegen, eine Diskrepanz zwischen diesen Rechnungen und den Ergebnissen globaler Analysen experimenteller Daten. Wir untersuchen, ob systematische Effekte für diese Diskrepanz verantwortlich sind, dabei studieren wir insbesondere die Effekte angeregter Zustände. Zudem führen wir eine erste Rechnung mit vier dynamischen Quark-Flavors durch. Ein weiterer Aspekt dieser Arbeit ist eine Machbarkeitsstudie zur Berechnung des skalaren Quark-Inhalts des Nukleons in der Gitter-QCD. Dieser bestimmt den Wirkungsquerschnitt der durch ein skalares Teilchen (z.B. ein Higgs-Teilchen) vermittelten Wechselwirkung eines schweren Teilchens mit einem Nukleon und kann somit einen Einfluss bei der Suche nach Dunkler Materie haben. Bisherige Gitter-Rechnungen dieser Größe besitzen große Unsicherheiten und sind daher von geringer Signifikanz für phenomenologische Anwendungen. Wir benutzen eine Varianz-Reduktions-Methode zur Auswertung von unverbundenen Diagrammen um ein präzises Ergebnis zu erhalten. Des Weiteren stellen wir eine neue stochastische Methode zur Berechnung von Nukleon-Dreipunkt-Korrelationsfunktionen vor, die für die Berechnung von Observablen der Nukleon-Struktur benötigt werden. Wir testen die Konkurrenzfähigkeit dieser neuen Methode gegenüber der Standard-Methode. In allen Rechnungen benutzen wir Wilson twisted-Mass Fermionen mit maximalem Twist, so dass die hier berechneten Observablen nur O(a^2) Diskretisierungsfehler aufweisen. / In this thesis we compute within lattice QCD observables related to the structure of the nucleon. One part of this thesis is concerned with moments of parton distribution functions (PDFs). Those moments are essential elements for the understanding of nucleon structure and can be extracted from a global analysis of deep inelastic scattering experiments. On the theoretical side they can be computed non-perturbatively by means of lattice QCD. However, since the time lattice calculations of moments of PDFs are available, there is a tension between these lattice calculations and the results from a global analysis of experimental data. We examine whether systematic effects are responsible for this tension, and study particularly intensively the effects of excited states by a dedicated high precision computation. Moreover, we carry out a first computation with four dynamical flavors. Another aspect of this thesis is a feasibility study of a lattice QCD computation of the scalar quark content of the nucleon, which is an important element in the cross-section of a heavy particle with the nucleon mediated by a scalar particle (e.g. Higgs particle) and can therefore have an impact on Dark Matter searches. Existing lattice QCD calculations of this quantity usually have a large error and thus a low significance for phenomenological applications. We use a variance-reduction technique for quark-disconnected diagrams to obtain a precise result. Furthermore, we introduce a new stochastic method for the calculation of connected 3-point correlation functions, which are needed to compute nucleon structure observables, as an alternative to the usual sequential propagator method. In an explorative study we check whether this new method is competitive to the standard one. We use Wilson twisted mass fermions at maximal twist in all our calculations, such that all observables considered here have only O(a^2) discretization effects.

O principal tema desenvolvido nesta tese é o estudo de efeitos nucleares na produção de diléptons por meio do processo Drell–Yan para energias compatíveis com as de RHIC e de LHC. Dois modelos são usados: o formalismo de dipolos de cor e o modelo de pártons com momentum transversal intrínseco. No primeiro capítulo, uma breve introdução histórica e a motivação para o estudo são apresentadas. No Cap. 2, o espalhamento profundamente inelástico (EPI) no modelo de pártons é revisado e são discutidas as distribuições partônicas de prótons (CTEQ) e de nucleons (EKS, EPS08 e EPS09). O EPI no formalismo de dipolos também é discutido. O Cap. 3 é dedicado ao embasamento teórico do formalismo de dipolos e ao estudo das seção de choque de dipolos. As principais equações que governam a evolução de dipolos são expostas, seguidas pelas parametrizações fenomenológicas GBW, DHJ, BUWe ABGS. Um novo modelo é proposto: a parametrização AGBS com flutuações. Quando ajustada aos dados de HERA, a nova parametrização não difere da antiga AGBS, indicando que flutuações não são necessárias para descrever os dados de EPI nas presentes energias. No Cap. 4, é apresentado o modelo de pártons no processo Drell–Yan. O formalismo é discutido em ordem dominante, em ordem seguinte à dominante (OSD) e em OSD com momentum transversal intrínseco, já que apenas na última possibilidade o momentum transversal do dilépton pode ser gerado de maneira consistente com os experimentos. Posteriormente, o formalismo de dipolos aplicado ao mesmo processo é debatido, que em ordem dominante possui distribuição em momentum transversal consistente com os experimentos. Os resultados são cálculos para o fator de modificação nuclear (RpA) para rapidezes negativas como função de rapidez e momentum transversal. A aplicação para rapidezes negativas do formalismo de dipolos é uma contribuição original, bem como a comparação deste formalismo com o modelo de pártons com momentum transversal intrínseco. Efeitos de grande (efeito EMC e anti-sombreamento) e de pequeno x (sombreamento) são observados. Mostra-se que o momentum transversal intrínseco é particularmente importante, alterando o fator de modificação nuclear em torno de 10%. Quando as diferentes parametrizações da seção de choque de dipolos são comparadas, a produção de diléptons não apresenta variações significativas, indicando que ela não é sensível aos detalhes das parametrizações, como a possível violação de escalamento geométrico presente na parametrização DHJ. Adicionalmente, os resultados do modelo de pártons são estendidos para rapidezes positivas e comparados com resultados do condensado de vidros de cor. Para energias de RHIC, os formalismos concordam, enquanto que para LHC, a menos que a parametrização nuclear tenha um sombreamento muito forte (caso da EPS08), os formalismos discordam, devido aos comportamentos distintos do sombreamento de glúons e do sombreamento de quarks. Como perspectiva, é discutido o modelo unidimensional, que é uma simplificação drástica da evolução de dipolos sem deixar de incluir os efeitos de flutuações. Em particular, as possibilidades de escalamento geométrico e escalamento difusivo nas seções de choque são discutidas. / The main topic of this thesis is the study of nuclear effects in Drell–Yan dilepton production at RHIC and LHC energies. Two approaches are employed: the color dipole approach and the parton model with intrinsic transverse momentum. In the first chapter, a brief introduction and the motivation to the study are presented. Chapt. 2 reviews the deep inelastic scattering (DIS) in the parton model and the parton distribution functions of protons (CTEQ) and of nucleons (EKS, EPS08 e EPS09) are examinated. The DIS in the dipole frame is also discussed. Chapt. 3 reviews the theoretical foundations of the color dipole approach and the dipole cross section. The main equations that drive the dipole evolution are shown, followed by the phenomenological parameterizations GBW, DHJ, BUW, and ABGS. A new model is proposed: the AGBS parameterization with fluctuations. When fitted to HERA data, the new parameterization does not differ from the old AGBS, indicating that fluctuations are not needed to reproduce DIS data at current energies. Chapt. 4 discusses the parton model in the Drell–Yan process. This approach is considered at leading order, at next-to-leading order (NLO), and at NLO with intrinsic transverse momentum, as only in the last case the dilepton transverse momentum distribution can be obtained in agreement with experiments. Afterwards, the color dipole approach applied to the process is examined, giving at leading order a transverse momentum distribution compatible with experiments. The results are calculations to the nuclear modification factor (RpA) at backward rapidities as function of rapidity and transverse momentum. The use of backward rapidities of the color dipole approach is an original contribution, as well as the comparison of this approach with the parton model with intrinsic transverse momentum. Effects of large (EMC effect and antishadowing) and of small x (shadowing) are seen. It is shown that the intrinsic transverse momentum is particularly important, changing the nuclear modification factor of about 10%. When different parameterizations of the dipole cross section are compared, the dilepton production does not show significant discrepancies, suggesting the it is not sensitive to the parametrization details, such as the possibility of geometric scaling breaking present in DHJ parameterization. Furthermore, the parton model results are extended to forward rapidities and compared with results of the color glass condensate. At RHIC energies, the approaches agree, while at LHC energies, unless the nuclear parameterization shows a very strong nuclear shadowing (EPS08 case), the approaches disagree, due to the different behaviors of gluon shadowing and quark shadowing. The unidimensional model, a toy model of the dipole evolution that includes the fluctuation effects is also investigated. Specificaly, the possibilities of geometric scaling and difusive scaling in cross sections are discussed.

La première partie présente la mesure des polarisabilités généralisées (GPs) électrique αε(Q²) et magnétique βM(Q²) du proton qui sont fonctions du quadri-moment de transfert Q². L'expérience a été réalisée dans le Hall A1 à MAMI (Mayence) avec un faisceau d'énergie de l'ordre de 1 GeV, à Q²=0.45 GeV² (qcm=714 MeV/c et ε=0.63). Le modèle DR (Relations de Dispersion) a été utilisé pour extraire les GPs, αε(Q²) et βM(Q²), ainsi que deux combinaisons linéaires P¿ (Q²) – 1/ε PTT (Q²) et P¿ (Q²). Ces dernières ont été extraites, pour les mêmes données, en utilisant l'approche de basse énergie (LEX) sous le seuil de production du pion. Nos résultats préliminaires montrent un bon accord entre les deux méthodes et offrent une nouvelle contrainte sur la structure du proton à basse énergie. La deuxième partie est dédiée à la mesure de la section efficace totale du processus de diffusion Compton profondément virtuelle (DVCS) sur le neutron à Q²=1.75 GeV² et xB=0.36. Le processus DVCS permet d'extraire des fonctions universelles "distributions généralisées de partons (GPDs)" permettant de comprendre la structure interne du nucléon en terme de partons. Le DVCS sur le neutron est sensible à la GPD E qui est la moins contrainte à ce jour et dont la connaissance est indispensable pour remonter au moment orbital des quarks. Les données analysées proviennent de l'expérience E08-025 effectuée dans le Hall A de JLab (USA) avec un faisceau d'électrons polarisés d'énergie de l'ordre de 6 GeV et deux cibles d'hydrogène et de deutérium. Nos résultats préliminaires montrent, pour la première fois, une contribution (neutron-DVCS + deuton cohérent-DVCS) non nulle et sont très prometteuses en vue d'une extraction de la GPD "E". / The first part presents the measurement of the generalized αε(Q²) electric and magnetic βM(Q²) polarisabilities (GPs) of the proton which depend on the four-momentum transfer  Q². The experiment was performed in Hall A1 at MAMI (Mainz) with a 1 GeV beam energy at Q² =0.45 GeV² (qcm=714 MeV/c and ε=0.63). The dispersion relations model was used to extract the GPs, αε(Q²) and βM(Q²),  and two linear combinations P¿ (Q²) – 1/ε PTT (Q²) and P¿ (Q²). These last ones were extracted, for the same data, using the low-energy approach (LEX) under the pion production threshold. Our preliminary results show a good agreement between both methods and provide a new constraint on the proton structure at low-energy. The second part is dedicated to the measurement of the total cross section of deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) on the neutron at Q²=1.75 GeV² and xB=0.36. The DVCS process allows to extract the universal functions "generalized parton distributions (GPDs)" which provide  a new understanding the nucleon in terms of partons. The DVCS on the neutron is sensitive to E, the less constrained GPD, which allows  to access the orbital momentum of the quarks. The analyzed data were taken in the E08-025 experiment performed in Hall A at JLab (USA) with a polarized electron beam with energy around 6 GeV and two hydrogen and deuterium targets.  Our preliminary results show, for the first time, a  nonzero (neutron-DVCS + coherent-deuteron-DVCS) contribution and are very promising for the extraction of the GPD "E".

O principal tema desenvolvido nesta tese é o estudo de efeitos nucleares na produção de diléptons por meio do processo Drell–Yan para energias compatíveis com as de RHIC e de LHC. Dois modelos são usados: o formalismo de dipolos de cor e o modelo de pártons com momentum transversal intrínseco. No primeiro capítulo, uma breve introdução histórica e a motivação para o estudo são apresentadas. No Cap. 2, o espalhamento profundamente inelástico (EPI) no modelo de pártons é revisado e são discutidas as distribuições partônicas de prótons (CTEQ) e de nucleons (EKS, EPS08 e EPS09). O EPI no formalismo de dipolos também é discutido. O Cap. 3 é dedicado ao embasamento teórico do formalismo de dipolos e ao estudo das seção de choque de dipolos. As principais equações que governam a evolução de dipolos são expostas, seguidas pelas parametrizações fenomenológicas GBW, DHJ, BUWe ABGS. Um novo modelo é proposto: a parametrização AGBS com flutuações. Quando ajustada aos dados de HERA, a nova parametrização não difere da antiga AGBS, indicando que flutuações não são necessárias para descrever os dados de EPI nas presentes energias. No Cap. 4, é apresentado o modelo de pártons no processo Drell–Yan. O formalismo é discutido em ordem dominante, em ordem seguinte à dominante (OSD) e em OSD com momentum transversal intrínseco, já que apenas na última possibilidade o momentum transversal do dilépton pode ser gerado de maneira consistente com os experimentos. Posteriormente, o formalismo de dipolos aplicado ao mesmo processo é debatido, que em ordem dominante possui distribuição em momentum transversal consistente com os experimentos. Os resultados são cálculos para o fator de modificação nuclear (RpA) para rapidezes negativas como função de rapidez e momentum transversal. A aplicação para rapidezes negativas do formalismo de dipolos é uma contribuição original, bem como a comparação deste formalismo com o modelo de pártons com momentum transversal intrínseco. Efeitos de grande (efeito EMC e anti-sombreamento) e de pequeno x (sombreamento) são observados. Mostra-se que o momentum transversal intrínseco é particularmente importante, alterando o fator de modificação nuclear em torno de 10%. Quando as diferentes parametrizações da seção de choque de dipolos são comparadas, a produção de diléptons não apresenta variações significativas, indicando que ela não é sensível aos detalhes das parametrizações, como a possível violação de escalamento geométrico presente na parametrização DHJ. Adicionalmente, os resultados do modelo de pártons são estendidos para rapidezes positivas e comparados com resultados do condensado de vidros de cor. Para energias de RHIC, os formalismos concordam, enquanto que para LHC, a menos que a parametrização nuclear tenha um sombreamento muito forte (caso da EPS08), os formalismos discordam, devido aos comportamentos distintos do sombreamento de glúons e do sombreamento de quarks. Como perspectiva, é discutido o modelo unidimensional, que é uma simplificação drástica da evolução de dipolos sem deixar de incluir os efeitos de flutuações. Em particular, as possibilidades de escalamento geométrico e escalamento difusivo nas seções de choque são discutidas. / The main topic of this thesis is the study of nuclear effects in Drell–Yan dilepton production at RHIC and LHC energies. Two approaches are employed: the color dipole approach and the parton model with intrinsic transverse momentum. In the first chapter, a brief introduction and the motivation to the study are presented. Chapt. 2 reviews the deep inelastic scattering (DIS) in the parton model and the parton distribution functions of protons (CTEQ) and of nucleons (EKS, EPS08 e EPS09) are examinated. The DIS in the dipole frame is also discussed. Chapt. 3 reviews the theoretical foundations of the color dipole approach and the dipole cross section. The main equations that drive the dipole evolution are shown, followed by the phenomenological parameterizations GBW, DHJ, BUW, and ABGS. A new model is proposed: the AGBS parameterization with fluctuations. When fitted to HERA data, the new parameterization does not differ from the old AGBS, indicating that fluctuations are not needed to reproduce DIS data at current energies. Chapt. 4 discusses the parton model in the Drell–Yan process. This approach is considered at leading order, at next-to-leading order (NLO), and at NLO with intrinsic transverse momentum, as only in the last case the dilepton transverse momentum distribution can be obtained in agreement with experiments. Afterwards, the color dipole approach applied to the process is examined, giving at leading order a transverse momentum distribution compatible with experiments. The results are calculations to the nuclear modification factor (RpA) at backward rapidities as function of rapidity and transverse momentum. The use of backward rapidities of the color dipole approach is an original contribution, as well as the comparison of this approach with the parton model with intrinsic transverse momentum. Effects of large (EMC effect and antishadowing) and of small x (shadowing) are seen. It is shown that the intrinsic transverse momentum is particularly important, changing the nuclear modification factor of about 10%. When different parameterizations of the dipole cross section are compared, the dilepton production does not show significant discrepancies, suggesting the it is not sensitive to the parametrization details, such as the possibility of geometric scaling breaking present in DHJ parameterization. Furthermore, the parton model results are extended to forward rapidities and compared with results of the color glass condensate. At RHIC energies, the approaches agree, while at LHC energies, unless the nuclear parameterization shows a very strong nuclear shadowing (EPS08 case), the approaches disagree, due to the different behaviors of gluon shadowing and quark shadowing. The unidimensional model, a toy model of the dipole evolution that includes the fluctuation effects is also investigated. Specificaly, the possibilities of geometric scaling and difusive scaling in cross sections are discussed.

O principal tema desenvolvido nesta tese é o estudo de efeitos nucleares na produção de diléptons por meio do processo Drell–Yan para energias compatíveis com as de RHIC e de LHC. Dois modelos são usados: o formalismo de dipolos de cor e o modelo de pártons com momentum transversal intrínseco. No primeiro capítulo, uma breve introdução histórica e a motivação para o estudo são apresentadas. No Cap. 2, o espalhamento profundamente inelástico (EPI) no modelo de pártons é revisado e são discutidas as distribuições partônicas de prótons (CTEQ) e de nucleons (EKS, EPS08 e EPS09). O EPI no formalismo de dipolos também é discutido. O Cap. 3 é dedicado ao embasamento teórico do formalismo de dipolos e ao estudo das seção de choque de dipolos. As principais equações que governam a evolução de dipolos são expostas, seguidas pelas parametrizações fenomenológicas GBW, DHJ, BUWe ABGS. Um novo modelo é proposto: a parametrização AGBS com flutuações. Quando ajustada aos dados de HERA, a nova parametrização não difere da antiga AGBS, indicando que flutuações não são necessárias para descrever os dados de EPI nas presentes energias. No Cap. 4, é apresentado o modelo de pártons no processo Drell–Yan. O formalismo é discutido em ordem dominante, em ordem seguinte à dominante (OSD) e em OSD com momentum transversal intrínseco, já que apenas na última possibilidade o momentum transversal do dilépton pode ser gerado de maneira consistente com os experimentos. Posteriormente, o formalismo de dipolos aplicado ao mesmo processo é debatido, que em ordem dominante possui distribuição em momentum transversal consistente com os experimentos. Os resultados são cálculos para o fator de modificação nuclear (RpA) para rapidezes negativas como função de rapidez e momentum transversal. A aplicação para rapidezes negativas do formalismo de dipolos é uma contribuição original, bem como a comparação deste formalismo com o modelo de pártons com momentum transversal intrínseco. Efeitos de grande (efeito EMC e anti-sombreamento) e de pequeno x (sombreamento) são observados. Mostra-se que o momentum transversal intrínseco é particularmente importante, alterando o fator de modificação nuclear em torno de 10%. Quando as diferentes parametrizações da seção de choque de dipolos são comparadas, a produção de diléptons não apresenta variações significativas, indicando que ela não é sensível aos detalhes das parametrizações, como a possível violação de escalamento geométrico presente na parametrização DHJ. Adicionalmente, os resultados do modelo de pártons são estendidos para rapidezes positivas e comparados com resultados do condensado de vidros de cor. Para energias de RHIC, os formalismos concordam, enquanto que para LHC, a menos que a parametrização nuclear tenha um sombreamento muito forte (caso da EPS08), os formalismos discordam, devido aos comportamentos distintos do sombreamento de glúons e do sombreamento de quarks. Como perspectiva, é discutido o modelo unidimensional, que é uma simplificação drástica da evolução de dipolos sem deixar de incluir os efeitos de flutuações. Em particular, as possibilidades de escalamento geométrico e escalamento difusivo nas seções de choque são discutidas. / The main topic of this thesis is the study of nuclear effects in Drell–Yan dilepton production at RHIC and LHC energies. Two approaches are employed: the color dipole approach and the parton model with intrinsic transverse momentum. In the first chapter, a brief introduction and the motivation to the study are presented. Chapt. 2 reviews the deep inelastic scattering (DIS) in the parton model and the parton distribution functions of protons (CTEQ) and of nucleons (EKS, EPS08 e EPS09) are examinated. The DIS in the dipole frame is also discussed. Chapt. 3 reviews the theoretical foundations of the color dipole approach and the dipole cross section. The main equations that drive the dipole evolution are shown, followed by the phenomenological parameterizations GBW, DHJ, BUW, and ABGS. A new model is proposed: the AGBS parameterization with fluctuations. When fitted to HERA data, the new parameterization does not differ from the old AGBS, indicating that fluctuations are not needed to reproduce DIS data at current energies. Chapt. 4 discusses the parton model in the Drell–Yan process. This approach is considered at leading order, at next-to-leading order (NLO), and at NLO with intrinsic transverse momentum, as only in the last case the dilepton transverse momentum distribution can be obtained in agreement with experiments. Afterwards, the color dipole approach applied to the process is examined, giving at leading order a transverse momentum distribution compatible with experiments. The results are calculations to the nuclear modification factor (RpA) at backward rapidities as function of rapidity and transverse momentum. The use of backward rapidities of the color dipole approach is an original contribution, as well as the comparison of this approach with the parton model with intrinsic transverse momentum. Effects of large (EMC effect and antishadowing) and of small x (shadowing) are seen. It is shown that the intrinsic transverse momentum is particularly important, changing the nuclear modification factor of about 10%. When different parameterizations of the dipole cross section are compared, the dilepton production does not show significant discrepancies, suggesting the it is not sensitive to the parametrization details, such as the possibility of geometric scaling breaking present in DHJ parameterization. Furthermore, the parton model results are extended to forward rapidities and compared with results of the color glass condensate. At RHIC energies, the approaches agree, while at LHC energies, unless the nuclear parameterization shows a very strong nuclear shadowing (EPS08 case), the approaches disagree, due to the different behaviors of gluon shadowing and quark shadowing. The unidimensional model, a toy model of the dipole evolution that includes the fluctuation effects is also investigated. Specificaly, the possibilities of geometric scaling and difusive scaling in cross sections are discussed.

Contexte : La chromodynamique quantique (CDQ), théorie de l’interaction forte, prédit un nouvel état de la matière, le plasma de quarks et de gluons (PQG) dont les degrés de liberté fondamentale, les quarks et les gluons, peuvent bouger quasi-librement. Les hautes températures et densités de particules, qui sont nécessaires, sont supposées être les conditions de l’univers dans ses premiers moments ou dans les étoiles à neutrons. Récemment elles ont été recrées par des collisions de noyaux d’ions lourdes à hautes énergies. Ces expériences étudient le PQG par la détection des particules de hautes énergies qui traversent le milieu, notamment, les quarks lourds. Les mécanismes de leur perte d’énergie dans le PQG ne sont pas compris complètement. Particulièrement, ils sont attribués aux processus soit de radiation induite par le milieu, soit de collisions de particules de type 2 vers 2, ou des combinaisons.Méthodes : Afin de trouver de nouvelles observables pour pouvoir distinguer les mécanismes de la perte d’énergie, on a implémenté un algorithme Monte-Carlo, qui simule la formation des cascades des particules à partir d’une particule initiale. Pour traiter le milieu, on a introduit des interactions PQG-jets, qui correspondent aux processus collisionnels et radiatifs. Les corrélations entre deux particules finales des cascades, dont une représente un quark trigger, ont été examinées comme moyen pour distinguer les modèles.Résultats : La dépendance de l’ouverture angulaire pour des corrélations entre deux particules en fonction des énergies des particules peut servir comme moyen pour séparer les mécanismes collisionnels et radiatifs de la perte d’énergie dans le milieu. / Context: Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong interactions, predicts a new state of matter, the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), where its fundamental degrees of freedom, the quarks and gluons, behave quasi-freely. The required high temperatures and/orparticle densities can be expected for the early stages of the universe and in neutron stars, but have lately become accessible by highly energetic collisions of heavy ion cores. Commonly, these experiments study the QGP by the detection of hard probes, i.e. highly energetic particles, most notably heavy quarks, that pass the medium. The mechanisms of their energy-loss in the QGP are not yet completely understood. In particular, they are attributed to processes of either additional, medium induced radiation or 2 to 2 particle scattering, or combinations thereof.Methods: In a theoretical, phenomenological approach to search for new observables that allow discriminating between these collisional and radiative energy-loss mechanisms a Monte-Carlo algorithm that simulates the formation of particle cascades from an initial particle was implemented. For the medium, different types of QGP-jet interactions, corresponding to collisional and/orradiative energy loss, were introduced. Correlations between pairs of final cascade particles, where one represents a heavy trigger quark, were investigated as a means to differentiate between these models.Findings: The dependence of angular opening for two particle correlations as a function of particle energy may provide a means to disentangle collisional and radiative mechanisms of in-medium energy loss.

Dans les collisions d'ions lourds ultra-relativistes (A-A), la matière se trouve dans des conditions extrêmes de densité d'énergie; elle forme un plasma de quarks et de gluons déconfinés. Aux énergies du RHIC et du LHC, le rapport baryon sur méson, tel Λ/K0S, prend des valeurs élevées sur une plage d'impulsions transverses intermédiaires pour les collisions centrales A-A. L'objectif de ce travail est de vérifier si la production accrue de baryons est seulement due à des effets collectifs au cœur du système formé ou s'il existe aussi un impact lié à une fragmentation des partons modifiée par le milieu. À l'aide de corrélations angulaires à deux hadrons, les K0S et Λ produits en association avec un hadron de haut pT (processus durs) sont séparés de ceux issus du milieu thermalisé (processus softs). Les rapports Λ/K0S à relier aux mécanismes durs et softs sont établis; les résultats sont obtenus pour les collisions Pb-Pb à √sNN = 2.76 TeV enregistrées en 2011 avec l'expérience ALICE. / In ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, the QCD matter is under extreme conditions of energy density, forming a quark-gluon plasma (QGP), in which quarks and gluons are deconfined. At RHIC and LHC energies, a large baryon-to-meson ratio, like Λ/K0S, was observed within the transverse momentum range 2 < pT < 6 GeV/c for central heavy-ion collisions. The goal of this dissertation is to verify if the baryon-to-meson enhancement is only due to collective effects of the bulk of matter, and if there is also a contribution related to in-medium modifications of parton fragmentation.With two-hadron angular correlations, the K0S and Λ produced in association to an energetic hadron (hard processes) are separated from those originated from the thermalised medium (soft processes). The differential Λ/K0S ratios related to the soft or hard production processes are extracted. The results are obtained for the Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV recorded in 2011 with the ALICE experiment.

Les Distributions de Partons Généralisées (GPDs) encodent les corrélations entre impulsion longitudinale et position transverse des partons dans les hadrons et permettent d'imager la structure du nucléon en 2+1 dimensions. Elles ont été étudiées théoriquement et expérimentalement pendant deux décennies et une nouvelle ère expérimentale débute actuellement (à Jefferson Lab et COMPASS, mais aussi à l'avenir à un collisionneur électron-ion) pour les extraire avec grande précision. La difficulté est que seul un accès expérimental indirect est possible, à travers divers canaux de diffusion exclusive et les observables associés. Cela implique de prendre nécessairement en compte les nombreuses contraintes théoriques si l'on veut concevoir des modèles fiables pour la phénoménologie. En particulier, deux contraintes cruciales sont les propriétés de "polynomialité" et de "positivité". L'approche de cette thèse consiste à tirer partie des deux propriétés en modélisant d'abord les fonctions d'onde sur le cône de lumière des premiers états de Fock du nucléon, permettant d'obtenir une GPD dans la région appelée DGLAP via overlap où le nombre de partons est conservé, puis l'étendre de manière covariante à la région ERBL, avec une inversion de transformée de Radon. In fine, le but est d'appliquer cette procédure à un modèle de quark-constituant pour GPDs de valence, ce qui permettrait de produire de manière inédite pour ce genre de modèle des résultats à comparer à l'expérience (sur le processus de diffusion Compton profondément virtuelle en l’occurrence). Pour atteindre cette objectif, on utilise la librairie PARTONS sous différentes hypothèses perturbatives. / Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) encode the correlations between longitudinal momentum and transverse position of partons inside hadrons and can give access to a picture of the nucleon structure in 2+1 dimensions. They have been studied theoretically and experimentally for almost two decades and a new experimental era is starting (at JLab and COMPASS currently, and in the future at an EIC) to extract them. The difficulty is that only an indirect experimental access is so far possible, through different exclusive channels and various observables. Therefore, one has to take into account the many theoretical constraints to be able to produce accurate models and rely on their phenomenology. Two important constraints are called the polynomiality and positivity properties. The approach of this thesis is to make use of both of them by first modeling low Fock states light-front wave-functions, which gives a GPD in the DGLAP region by a parton number conserved overlap, and then covariantly extending this GPD to the ERBL region, through an inverse radon transform. In fine, the goal is to apply this on a constituent quark-like model for valence GPDs, which would allow to produce a phenomenological output (on DVCS data for instance) from this kind of models, which was impossible before. We make use of the versatile PARTONS framework to achieve this under various perturbative QCD assumptions.

L'étude de la structure interne des hadrons nous permet de comprendre la nature des interactions entre les partons, les quarks et les gluons, décrites par la Chromodynamique Quantique. Les processus de diffusion élastique, qui ont été utilisés avec succès pour mesurer les facteurs de forme des nucléons, sont inclus dans ce cadre. Les processus inélastiques sont également inclus dans ce cadre, ils nous permettent d'extraire beaucoup d'information grâce au développement des distributions de partons (PDFs). Par conséquent, tandis que la diffusion élastique d'électrons par le nucléon nous fournit des informations sur la répartition des charges, et donc de la distribution spatiale des composants du nucléon, la diffusion inélastique présente des informations sur la distribution d'impulsions au moyen des PDFs. Cependant, dans les processus inélastiques, il est possible d'étudier les processus exclusifs tels que la Diffusion Compton Profondément Virtuelle (DVCS), qui nous permet d'accéder aux distributions spatiale et d'impulsions des quarks simultanément. Ceci est possible grâce aux fonctions généralisées des distributions de partons (GPDS), qui nous permettent de corréler les deux types de distributions. Le processus connu sous le nom DVCS est le moyen le plus facile pour accéder aux GPDS. Ce procédé implique la diffusion d'un électron par un proton, au moyen de l'échange d'un photon virtuel, qui entraîne la diffusion des particules initiales et l'émission d'un photon réel. Ce processus est en concurrence avec le processus dit Bethe-Heitler, dans lequel le photon réel est émis par l'électron initial ou final. En raison de la faible section efficace de ce type de procédé, de l'ordre du nb, il est nécessaire d'utiliser une installation capable de fournir une haute luminosité pour réaliser les expériences. L'une de ces installations est le Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, où l'expérience appelée “Complete Separation of Virtual Photon and π⁰ Electroproduction Observables of Unpolarized Proton” a été réalisée au cours de la période entre Octobre et Décembre de 2010. Le principal objectif de cette expérience est la séparation de la contribution du terme provenant du DVCS à partir du terme d'interférence, résultant de la contribution du BH. Cette séparation est appelée “Séparation Rosenbluth”. Cette thèse porte sur le calorimètre électromagnétique qui a été utilisé pour détecter le photon dans l'expérience E07-007 à Jefferson Lab. Il y a aussi une introduction théorique à l'étude de la structure du nucléon, en révisant les concepts de facteurs de forme et des distributions de partons à travers des processus élastiques et inélastiques. Le calcul de la section efficace de la leptoproduction de photons est décrite en détail, ainsi que les buts de l'expérience E07-007. Dans cette thèse on décrit l'analyse des données enregistrées par le calorimètre électromagnétique, avec le but d'obtenir les variables cinématiques des photons réels résultants des réactions DVCS. Finalement, on décrit la sélection des événements à partir des données stockées, les réductions appliquées aux variables cinématiques et la soustraction de fond. En outre, le processus d'extraction des observables nécessaires pour le calcul de la section efficace de la leptoproduction de photons est décrite, ainsi que les principales étapes suivies pour effectuer la simulation Monte-Carlo utilisée dans ce calcul. Les sections efficaces obtenues sont indiquées à la fin de cette thèse. / The study of the inner structure of hadrons allows us to understand the nature of the interactions between partons, quarks and gluons, described by Quantum Chromodynamics. The elastic scattering reactions, which have been studied in order to measure the nucleon form factors, are included in this frame. The inelastic scattering reactions are also included in this frame, they allow us to obtain information about the nucleon structure thanks to the development of the parton distribution functions (PDFs). While through elastic scattering we can obtain information about the charge distribution of the nucleon, and hence, about the spatial distribution of the partons, through inelastic scattering we obtain information about the momentum distributions of partons, by employing the PDFs. However, we can study the exclusive inelastic scattering reactions, such as the Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS), wich allow us to access to the spatial and momentum distributions simultaneously. This is possible thanks to the generalized parton distributions (GPDs), which allow us to correlate both types of distributions. The process known as DVCS is the easiest way to access the GPDs. This process can be expressed as the scattering of an electron by a proton by means of a virtual photon with the result of the scattered initial particles plus a real photon. We find a process competing with DVCS known as Bethe-Heitler (BH), in which the real photon is radiated by the lepton rather than the quark. Due to the small cross section of DVCS, of the order of nb, in order to conduct these kind of experiments it is necessary to make use of facilities capable of providing high beam intensities. One of these facilities is the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility , where the experiment JLab E07-007, “Complete Separation of Virtual Photon and π⁰ Electroproduction Observables of Unpolarized Protons”, took place during the months of October to December of 2010. The main goal of this experiment is the isolation of the contribution from the term coming form the DVCS from the interference term, resulting from the BH contribution. This isolation is known as “Rosenbluth Separation”. The work presented in this thesis focuses on the analysis of the data stored by the electromagnetic calorimeter, employed for the detection of real photons. There is also a a theoretical introduction to the study of the nucleon structure, reviewing the concepts of form factors and parton distributions through elastic and inelastic processes. The computation of the photon leptoproduction cross section is described in detail, as well as the goals of experiment E07-007. This thesis also describes the analysis of the data stored by the electromagnetic calorimeter, with the purpose of obtaining the kinematic variables of the real photons resulting from DVCS reactions. Finally, it describes the selection of events from stored data, the applied cuts to kinematical variables and the background subtraction. Also, the process of extraction of the necessary observables for computing the photon leptoproduction cross section is described, along with the main steps followed to perform the Monte Carlo simulation used in this computation. The resulting cross sections are shown at the end of this thesis.