105 research outputs found
Conformal constraints for anomalous dimensions of leading twist operators
Leading-twist operators have a remarkable property that their divergence
vanishes in a free theory. Recently it was suggested that this property can be
used for an alternative technique to calculate anomalous dimensions of
leading-twist operators and allows one to gain one order in perturbation theory
so that, i.e., two-loop anomalous dimensions can be calculated from one-loop
Feynman diagrams, etc. In this work we study feasibility of this program on a
toy-model example of the theory in six dimensions. Our conclusion
is that this approach is valid, although it does not seem to present
considerable technical simplifications as compared to the standard technique.
It does provide one, however, with a very nontrivial check of the calculation
as the structure of the contributions is very different.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
Two-loop evolution equations for light-ray operators
QCD in non-integer d=4-2 epsilon space-time dimensions possesses a nontrivial
critical point and enjoys exact scale and conformal invariance. This symmetry
imposes nontrivial restrictions on the form of the renormalization group
equations for composite operators in physical (integer) dimensions and allows
to reconstruct full kernels from their eigenvalues (anomalous dimensions). We
use this technique to derive two-loop evolution equations for flavor-nonsinglet
quark-antiquark light-ray operators that encode the scale dependence of
generalized hadron parton distributions and light-cone distribution amplitudes
in the most compact form.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figur
Baryon octet distribution amplitudes in Wandzura-Wilczek approximation
We study higher twist distribution amplitudes for the SU_F(3) baryon octet.
We identify independent functions for all baryons in the isospin symmetry limit
and calculate the Wandzura-Wilczek contributions to the twist-4 and 5
distributions amplitudes.Comment: 7 page
Evolution equations beyond one loop from conformal symmetry
We study implications of exact conformal invariance of scalar quantum field
theories at the critical point in non-integer dimensions for the evolution
kernels of the light-ray operators in physical (integer) dimensions. We
demonstrate that all constraints due the conformal symmetry are encoded in the
form of the generators of the collinear sl(2) subgroup. Two of them, S_- and
S_0, can be fixed at all loops in terms of the evolution kernel, while the
generator of special conformal transformations, S_+, receives nontrivial
corrections which can be calculated order by order in perturbation theory.
Provided that the generator S_+ is known at the k-1 loop order, one can fix the
evolution kernel in physical dimension to the k-loop accuracy up to terms that
are invariant with respect to the tree-level generators. The invariant parts
can easily be restored from the anomalous dimensions. The method is illustrated
on two examples: The O(n)-symmetric phi^4 theory in d=4 to the three-loop
accuracy, and the su(n) matrix phi^3 theory in d=6 to the two-loop accuracy. We
expect that the same technique can be used in gauge theories e.g. in QCD.Comment: 19 pages, 3 figure
Conformal symmetry of the Lange-Neubert evolution equation
The Lange-Neubert evolution equation describes the scale dependence of the
wave function of a meson built of an infinitely heavy quark and light antiquark
at light-like separations, which is the hydrogen atom problem of QCD. It has
numerous applications to the studies of B-meson decays. We show that the kernel
of this equation can be written in a remarkably compact form, as a logarithm of
the generator of special conformal transformation in the light-ray direction.
This representation allows one to study solutions of this equation in a very
simple and mathematically consistent manner. Generalizing this result, we show
that all heavy-light evolution kernels that appear in the renormalization of
higher-twist B-meson distribution amplitudes can be written in the same form.Comment: 8 page
Evolution equation for the higher-twist B-meson distribution amplitude
We find that the evolution equation for the three-particle quark-gluon
B-meson light-cone distribution amplitude (DA) of subleading twist is
completely integrable in the large limit and can be solved exactly. The
lowest anomalous dimension is separated from the remaining, continuous,
spectrum by a finite gap. The corresponding eigenfunction coincides with the
contribution of quark-gluon states to the two-particle DA so
that the evolution equation for the latter is the same as for the leading-twist
DA up to a constant shift in the anomalous dimension. Thus,
``genuine'' three-particle states that belong to the continuous spectrum
effectively decouple from to the leading-order accuracy. In
turn, the scale dependence of the full three-particle DA turns out to be
nontrivial so that the contribution with the lowest anomalous dimension does
not become leading at any scale. The results are illustrated on a simple model
that can be used in studies of corrections to heavy-meson decays in the
framework of QCD factorization or light-cone sum rules.Comment: Extended version, includes new results on the large momentum limit
and a detailed study of the evolution effects in a simple mode
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