We estimate the sizeable cross section for deep exclusive electroproduction
of an exotic JPC=1−+ hybrid meson in the Bjorken regime. The production
amplitude scales like the one for usual meson electroproduction, {\it i.e.} as
1/Q2. This is due to the non-vanishing leading twist distribution amplitude
for the hybrid meson, which may be normalized thanks to its relation to the
energy momentum tensor and to the QCD sum rules technique. The hard amplitude
is considered up to next--to--leading order in αS​ and we explore the
consequences of fixing the renormalization scale ambiguity through the BLM
procedure.Comment: e-version for "Advanced Studies Institute Conference on Symmetries
and Spin (SPIN-Praha-2004)", Prague, Czech Republic, 5-10 Jul 200