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End-point behavior of the pion distribution amplitude

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-11-04 v3

Abstract

We discuss the end-point behavior of the pion distribution amplitude (DA) and calculate its slope using QCD sum rules with nonlocal condensates. This is done in terms of the standard derivative and also with the help of an "integral derivative", recently obtained by us. Our approach favors a value of the slope of the order (or less) of the asymptotic DA and is in clear disagreement with flat-type pion DAs.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4711,
  title  = {End-point behavior of the pion distribution amplitude},
  author = {S. V. Mikhailov and A. V. Pimikov and N. G. Stefanis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4711},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

13 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, invited talk given by the second author at "QUARKS-2010, 16th International Seminar on High Energy Physics", Kolomna, Russia, 6-12 June, 2010. v2 An important reference is added with a corresponding insertion in the text. v3 minor typos corrected