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Large-x structure of physical evolution kernels in Deep Inelastic Scattering
The modified evolution equation for parton distributions of Dokshitzer,
Marchesini and Salam is extended to non-singlet Deep Inelastic Scattering
coefficient functions and the physical evolution kernels which govern their
scaling violation. Considering the x->1 limit, it is found that the leading
next-to-eikonal logarithmic contributions to the physical kernels at any loop
order can be expressed in term of the one-loop cusp anomalous dimension, a
result which can presumably be extended to all orders in (1-x), and has eluded
so far threshold resummation. Similar results are shown to hold for
fragmentation functions in semi-inclusive e+ e- annihilation. Gribov-Lipatov
relation is found to be satisfied by the leading logarithmic part of the
modified physical evolution kernels.Comment: 12 pages; version 2: eq.(4.6) and comment below corrected (main
results unchanged), section on fragmentation functions added; version 3: new
results added: all-order relation in section 3.5, O(1-x) terms adressed in
section 5; version 4: incorrect suggestion on Gribov-Lipatov reciprocity
removed; version 5: slight extension of the version to be published in
Physics Letters B, contains a discussion of O((1-x)^2) terms and added
reference
Dispersive approach in Sudakov resummation
The dispersive approach to power corrections is given a precise
implementation, valid beyond single gluon exchange, in the framework of Sudakov
resummation for deep inelastic scattering and the Drell-Yan process. It is
shown that the assumption of infrared finite Sudakov effective couplings
implies the universality of the corresponding infrared fixed points. This
property is closely tied to the universality of the virtual contributions to
space-like and time-like processes, encapsulated in the second logarithmic
derivative of the quark form factor.Comment: 3 pages, talk given at Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum 7,
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 2-7 Sep 2006, LaTeX, uses aip-6s.clo,
aipproc.cls and aipxfm.sty (included
Conformal window and Landau singularities
A physical characterization of Landau singularities is emphasized, which
should trace the lower boundary N_f^* of the conformal window in QCD and
supersymmetric QCD. A natural way to disentangle ``perturbative'' from
``non-perturbative'' contributions below N_f^* is suggested. Assuming an
infrared fixed point is present in the perturbative part of the QCD coupling
even in some range below N_f^* leads to the condition gamma(N_f^*)=1, where
gamma is the critical exponent. This result is incompatible with the existence
of an analogue of Seiberg free dual magnetic phase in QCD. Using the Banks-Zaks
expansion, one gets
4<N_f^*<6. The low value of N_f^* gives some justification to the infrared
finite coupling approach to power corrections, and suggests a way to compute
their normalization from perturbative input. If the perturbative series are
still asymptotic in the negative coupling region, the presence of a negative
ultraviolet fixed point is required both in QCD and in supersymmetric QCD to
preserve causality within the conformal window. Some evidence for such a fixed
point in QCD is provided through a modified Banks-Zaks expansion. Conformal
window amplitudes, which contain power contributions, are shown to remain
generically finite in the N_f=-\infty one-loop limit in simple models with
infrared finite perturbative coupling.Comment: 35 pages, 1 figure, JHEP style. A new section added to point out the
results give some justification to the infrared finite coupling approach to
power corrections, and suggest a way to compute their normalization from
perturbative inpu
Integrality of Open Instantons Numbers
We prove the integrality of the open instanton numbers in two examples of
counting holomorphic disks on local Calabi-Yau threefolds: the resolved
conifold and the degenerate . Given the B-model superpotential,
we extract by hand all Gromow-Witten invariants in the expansion of the A-model
superpotential. The proof of their integrality relies on enticing congruences
of binomial coefficients modulo powers of a prime. We also derive an expression
for the factorial modulo powers of the prime . We generalise two
theorems of elementary number theory, by Wolstenholme and by Wilson.Comment: 13 page
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