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Factorization of Large-x Quark Distributions in a Hadron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-04-05 v1

Abstract

We present a factorization formula for valence quark distributions in a hadron in x-->1 limit. For the example of pion, we arrive at the form of factorization by analyzing momentum flow in the leading and high-order Feynman diagrams. The result confirms the well-known 1-x scaling rule to all orders in perturbation theory, providing the non-perturbative matrix elements for the infrared-divergence factors. We comment on re-summation of perturbative single and double logarithms in 1-x.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0411382,
  title  = {Factorization of Large-x Quark Distributions in a Hadron},
  author = {Xiangdong Ji and Jian-Ping Ma and Feng Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0411382},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

7 pages, 2 figures included