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The Singlet g_2 Structure Function in the Next-to-Leading Order

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v6

Abstract

Following a previous study of the one-loop factorization of the nonsinglet g2g_2 structure function of the nucleon, we present in this paper the next-to-leading order coefficient functions in the singlet sector. To obtain the result, the partonic processes of virtual Compton scattering off two and three "on-shell" gluons are calculated. A key step in achieving the correct factorization is to separate the correct twist-two contribution. The Burkardt-Cottingham sum rule is nominally satisfied at this order.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0007305,
  title  = {The Singlet g_2 Structure Function in the Next-to-Leading Order},
  author = {A. V. Belitsky and Xiangdong Ji and Wei Lu and Jonathan Osborne},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0007305},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, 3 figures, RevTeX4, some minor corrections

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