837 research outputs found
Cut Vertices and Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Processes
Cut vertices, a generalization of matrix elements of local operators, are
revisited, and an expansion in terms of minimally subtracted cut vertices is
formulated. An extension of the formalism to deal with semi-inclusive deep
inelastic processes in the target fragmentation region is explicitly
constructed. The problem of factorization is discussed in detail.Comment: LaTex2e, 24 pages including 17 postscript figure
An operator expansion for the elastic limit
A leading twist expansion in terms of bi-local operators is proposed for the
structure functions of deeply inelastic scattering near the elastic limit , which is also applicable to a range of other processes. Operators of
increasing dimensions contribute to logarithmically enhanced terms which are
supressed by corresponding powers of . For the longitudinal structure
function, in moment () space, all the logarithmic contributions of order
are shown to be resummable in terms of the anomalous dimension of
the leading operator in the expansion.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, uses REVTEX 3.1 and axodra
All-order results for soft and collinear gluons
I briefly review some general features and some recent developments
concerning the resummation of long-distance singularities in QCD and in more
general non-abelian gauge theories. I emphasize the field-theoretical tools of
the trade, and focus mostly on the exponentiation of infrared and collinear
divergences in amplitudes, which underlies the resummation of large logarithms
in the corresponding cross sections. I then describe some recent results
concerning the conformal limit, notably the case of N = 4 superymmetric
Yang-Mills theoryComment: 15 pages, invited talk presented at the 10th Workshop in High Energy
Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP X), Chennai, India, January 200
Quantum structure of the non-Abelian Weizsacker-Williams field for a very large nucleus
We consider the McLerran-Venugopalan model for calculation of the small-
part of the gluon distribution function for a very large ultrarelativistic
nucleus at weak coupling. We construct the Feynman diagrams which correspond to
the classical Weizs\"{a}cker-Williams field found previously [Yu. V. Kovchegov,
Phys. Rev. D 54, 5463 (1996)] as a solution of the classical equations of
motion for the gluon field in the light-cone gauge. Analyzing these diagrams we
obtain a limit for the McLerran-Venugopalan model. We show that as long as this
limit is not violated a classical field can be used for calculation of
scattering amplitudes.Comment: 13 pages, REVTeX, 9 figure
The Perturbative Pole Mass in QCD
It is widely believed that the pole mass of a quark is infrared-finite and
gauge-independent to all orders in perturbation theory. This seems not to have
been proved in the literature. A proof is provided here.Comment: 12 pages REVTeX with 2 figures; archiving published version with note
and references added. If you thought this was proven long ago see
http://www-theory.fnal.gov/people/ask/TeX/mPole
Perturbative QCD Analysis of Local Duality in a fixed W^2 Framework
We study the global Q^2 dependence of large x, F_2 nucleon structure function
data, with the aim of providing a perturbative-QCD based, quantitative analysis
of parton-hadron duality. As opposed to previous analyses at fixed x, we use a
framework in fixed W^2. We uncover a breakdown of the twist-4 approximation
with a renormalon type improvement at O(1/Q^4) which, by affecting the initial
evolution of parton distributions, will have consequences for pQCD analyses
also at large x and very large Q^2.Comment: RevTex4, 8 pages, 3 figure
A Precision Calculation of the Next-to-Leading Order Energy-Energy Correlation Function
The O(alpha_s^2) contribution to the Energy-Energy Correlation function (EEC)
of e+e- -> hadrons is calculated to high precision and the results are shown to
be larger than previously reported. The consistency with the leading logarithm
approximation and the accurate cancellation of infrared singularities exhibited
by the new calculation suggest that it is reliable. We offer evidence that the
source of the disagreement with previous results lies in the regulation of
double singularities.Comment: 6 pages, uuencoded LaTeX and one eps figure appended Complete paper
as PostScript file (125 kB) available at:
http://www.phys.washington.edu/~clay/eecpaper1/paper.htm
Jet Algorithms and Top Quark Mass Measurement
Mass measurements of objects that decay into hadronic jets, such as the top
quark, are shown to be improved by using a variant of the jet algorithm
in place of standard cone algorithms. The possibility and importance of better
estimating the neutrino component in tagged jets is demonstrated. These
techniques will also be useful in the search for Higgs boson .Comment: 35 pages, REVTeX, 14 figures (epsf) Final expanded version to appear
in Physical Review
Factorization and soft-gluon divergences in isolated-photon cross sections
We study the production of isolated photons in annihilation and give
the proof of the all-order factorization of the collinear singularities. These
singularities are absorbed in the standard fragmentation functions of partons
into a photon, while the effects of the isolation are consistently included in
the short-distance cross section. We compute this cross section at order \as
and show that it contains large double logarithms of the isolation parameters.
We explain the physical origin of these logarithms and discuss the possibility
to resum them to all orders in \as.Comment: 18 pages, LaTex, 2 eps figures, few modifications in the text,
results unchange
Isolated Prompt Photon Production in Hadronic Final States of Annihilation
We provide complete analytic expressions for the isolated prompt photon
production cross section in annihilation reactions through one-loop
order in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) perturbation theory. Functional
dependences on the isolation cone size and isolation energy parameter
are derived. The energy dependence as well as the full angular
dependence of the cross section on are displayed, where
specifies the direction of the photon with respect to the
collision axis. We point out that conventional perturbative QCD
factorization breaks down for isolated photon production in
annihilation reactions in a specific region of phase space. We discuss the
implications of this breakdown for the extraction of fragmentation functions
from annihilation data and for computations of prompt photon
production in hadron-hadron reactions.Comment: 54 pages RevTeX plus 19 postscript figures submitted together in one
compressed fil
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