English

Kinematic power corrections for TMD factorization theorem of semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-10-17 v1

Abstract

We evaluate the complete set of kinematic power corrections (KPCs) to the leading power (LP) term of the transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization theorem for semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (SIDIS) with a polarized target. This formulation restores the contributions of twist-two TMD distributions to all structure functions, including those that vanish at leading power, such as contributions of longitudinal photons. The resulting expressions are explicitly gauge- and frame-invariant, and inherit all key features of the standard TMD factorization framework, including the coefficient functions and the evolution equations. Numerical estimations show that KPCs contribute only a few percent at Q10Q\sim10GeV, but can reach several tens of percents when Q2Q\sim 2GeV. Consequently, accounting for kinematic power corrections can be vital for an accurate theoretical description of current SIDIS measurements.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.14496,
  title  = {Kinematic power corrections for TMD factorization theorem of semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering},
  author = {Sara Piloneta and Alexey Vladimirov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14496},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

35 pages, 6 figures