``Wee Partons in the Pion and in the Pomeron'' 

Abstract

The role of wee partons in carrying infinite momentum vacuum properties
is discussed. The Feynman-Gribov parton model is used to illustrate how
a universal wee parton distribution is part of the Critical Pomeron 
description of soft physics. A brief, qualitative, description is given
of how, in Color Superconducting QCD, with SU(2) color, the chiral anomaly 
produces an anomalous wee gluon condensate (associated with a Dirac sea 
shift) in the pion and in the pomeron. The condensate is responsible for 
the vacuum properties of confinement and chiral symmetry breaking. It is 
argued that, as SU(3) color is restored, the condensate becomes dynamical 
and the Critical Pomeron occurs. Because wee partons carry vacuum properties, 
the QCD parton model should be maximally valid. Phenomenological 
consequences, such as soft and gentle confinement, the pomeron as a single 
reggeized gluon, and the factorization of pomeron jet cross-sections, are 
briefly mentioned, as are possible caveats.