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Non-factorizable contributions to deep inelastic scattering at large x

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We use soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) to study the factorization properties of deep inelastic scattering in the region of phase space where 1-x = O(Lambda_{QCD/Q}). By applying a regions analysis to loop diagrams in the Breit frame, we show that the appropriate version of SCET includes anti-hard-collinear, collinear, and soft-collinear fields. We find that the effects of the soft-collinear fields spoil perturbative factorization even at leading order in the 1/Q expansion.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0506269,
  title  = {Non-factorizable contributions to deep inelastic scattering at large x},
  author = {Ben D. Pecjak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0506269},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

22 pages, 4 figures. Reference added, other small changes for journal version

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