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Two-loop evolution equation for the B-meson distribution amplitude

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-07-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We derive the two-loop evolution equation of the B-meson light-cone distribution amplitude which is the last missing element for the next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic resummation of QCD corrections to B decays in QCD factorization. We argue that the evolution kernel to all orders in perturbation theory can be written as a logarithm of the generator of special conformal transformations times the cusp anomalous dimension, up to a scheme-dependent overall constant. Up to this constant term, the evolution kernel to a given order in perturbation theory can be obtained from the calculation of special conformal anomaly at one order less.

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@article{arxiv.1905.04498,
  title  = {Two-loop evolution equation for the B-meson distribution amplitude},
  author = {V. M. Braun and Yao Ji and A. N. Manashov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04498},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure

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