547 research outputs found
Decoupling heavy particles simultaneously
The renormalization group is extended to cases where several heavy particles
are decoupled at the same time. This involves large logarithms which are
scale-invariant and so cannot be eliminated by a change of renormalization
scheme. A set of scale-invariant running couplings, one for each heavy
particle, is constructed without reference to intermediate thresholds. The
entire heavy-quark correction to the axial charge of the weak neutral current
is derived to next-to-leading order, and checked in leading order by evaluating
diagrams explicitly. The mechanism for cancelling contributions from the top
and bottom quarks in the equal-mass limit is surprisingly non-trivial.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Talk presented at the "QCD Down Under" Workshop,
Barossa Valley and Adelaide, Australia, 10-19 March 2004, with ref 8 now
linked to hep-ph/050727
Thermodynamics of Quasi-Particles
We present in this work a generalization of the solution of Gorenstein and
Yang for a consistent thermodynamics for systems with a temperature dependent
Hamiltonian. We show that there is a large class of solutions, work out three
particular ones, and discuss their physical relevance. We apply the particular
solutions for an ideal gas of quasi-gluons, and compare the calculation to
lattice and perturbative QCD results.Comment: 26 pages, 1 figure. To appear in Nuclear Physics
Hard Scattering Factorization from Effective Field Theory
In this paper we show how gauge symmetries in an effective theory can be used
to simplify proofs of factorization formulae in highly energetic hadronic
processes. We use the soft-collinear effective theory, generalized to deal with
back-to-back jets of collinear particles. Our proofs do not depend on the
choice of a particular gauge, and the formalism is applicable to both exclusive
and inclusive factorization. As examples we treat the pi-gamma form factor
(gamma gamma* -> pi^0), light meson form factors (gamma* M -> M), as well as
deep inelastic scattering (e- p -> e- X), Drell-Yan (p pbar -> X l+ l-), and
deeply virtual Compton scattering (gamma* p -> gamma(*) p).Comment: 35 pages, 4 figures, typos corrected, journal versio
Running couplings for the simultaneous decoupling of heavy quarks
Scale-invariant running couplings are constructed for several quarks being
decoupled together, without reference to intermediate thresholds.
Large-momentum scales can also be included. The result is a multi-scale
generalization of the renormalization group applicable to any order.
Inconsistencies in the usual decoupling procedure with a single running
coupling can then be avoided, e.g. when cancelling anomalous corrections from
t,b quarks to the axial charge of the proton.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figure, version to appear in PLB. Pages 8-11 and Fig. 1
are new, with consequent changes to the abstract, page 2, and the references.
We show that our multi-scale renormalization group is needed to achieve
anomaly cancellation in t,b decoupling from the weak neutral current, and
extend it to include large moment
Thermodynamics of Quasi-Particles at Finite Chemical Potential
We present in this work a generalization of the solution of Gorenstein and
Yang to the inconsistency problem of thermodynamics for systems of
quasi-particles whose masses depend on both the temperature and the chemical
potential. We work out several solutions for an interacting system of quarks
and gluons and show that there is only one type of solution that reproduce both
perturbative and lattice QCD.Comment: 33 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Nuclear Physics
One-Loop Helicity Amplitudes for Parton Level Virtual Compton Scattering
We calculate the one-loop QCD virtual corrections to all helicity amplitudes
for parton level virtual Compton scattering processes. We include the
amplitudes both on quark target process and on gluon
target process . The infrared pole structure of the
amplitudes is in agreement with the prediction of Catani's general formalism
for the singularities of one-loop amplitudes, while expressions for the finite
remainder are given in terms of logarithms and dilogarithms that are real in
the physical region.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, detailed comparison with DVCS include
Parton interactions in the Bjorken limit of QCD
We consider the Bjorken limit in the framework of the effective action
approach and discuss its similarities to the Regge limit. The proposed
effective action allows for a rather simple calculation of the known evolution
kernels. We represent the result in terms of two-parton interaction operators
involving gluon and quark operators depending on light-ray position and
helicity and analyze their symmetry properties.Comment: 32 pages LaTex, 4 eps-figures, comments added, minor correction
Restricting quark matter models by gravitational wave observation
We consider the possibilities for obtaining information about the equation of
state for quark matter by using future direct observational data on
gravitational waves. We study the nonradial oscillations of both fluid and
spacetime modes of pure quark stars. If we observe the and the lowest
modes from quark stars, by using the simultaneously obtained
radiation radius we can constrain the bag constant with reasonable
accuracy, independently of the quark mass.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev.
Real and Virtual Compton Scattering off the Nucleon
A review is given of the very recent developments in the fields of real and
virtual Compton scattering off the nucleon. Both real and virtual Compton
scattering reactions are discussed at low outgoing photon energy where one
accesses polarizabilities of the nucleon. The real Compton scattering at large
momentum transfer is discussed which is asymptotically a tool to obtain
information on the valence quark wave function of the nucleon. The rapid
developments in deeply virtual Compton scattering and associated meson
electroproduction reactions at high energy, high photon virtuality and small
momentum transfer to the nucleon are discussed. A unified theoretical
description of those processes has emerged over the last few years, which gives
access to new, generalized parton distributions. The experimental status and
perspectives in these fields are also discussed.Comment: 25 pages, 17 figure
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