Nonlinear $k_{perp}$-factorization: a new paradigm for an in-nucleus hard QCD

We review the origin, and salient features, of the breaking of the conventional linear $k_{perp}$-factorization for an in-nucleus hard pQCD processes. A realization of the nonlinear $k_{perp}$-factorization which emerges instead is shown to depend on color properties of the underlying pQCD subprocesses. We discuss the emerging universality classes and extend nonlinear $k_{perp}$-factorization to AGK unitarity rules for the excitation of the target nucleus.