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Valence quark distributions in nucleon at low $Q^2$ in QCD

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-06 v2

Abstract

Valence u- and d-quarks distributions in proton are calculated in QCD at low Q2Q^2 and intermediate x, basing on the operator product expansion (OPE). The imaginary part of the virtual photon scattering amplitude on quark current with proton quantum numbers is considered. The initial and final virtualities p12p^2_1 and p22p^2_2 of the currents are assumed to be large, negative and different, p12p22p^2_1 \not= p^2_2. The OPE in p12p^2_1, p22p^2_2 up to dimension 6 operators was performed. Double dispersion representations in p12,p22p^2_1, p^2_2 of the amplitudes in terms of physical states contributions are used. Putting them to be equal to those calculated in QCD, the sum rules for quark distributions are found. The double Borel transformations are applied to the sum rules. Leading order perturbative corrections are accounted. Valence quark distributions are found: u(x)vu(x)_v at 0.15<x<650.15<x<65,~ d(x)vd(x)_v at 0.25<x<0.550.25<x<0.55 with an accuracy 30\sim 30% in the middles and 50\sim 50% at the ends of these intervals. The quark distributions obtained are in agreement with those found from the analysis of hard processes data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0208192,
  title  = {Valence quark distributions in nucleon at low $Q^2$ in QCD},
  author = {B. L. Ioffe and A. G. Oganesian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0208192},
  year   = {2016}
}

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22 pages, LaTeX 2e, 9 eps figures included, revised version (no changes in text, only 1 LATEX command is changed)