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A general procedure is introduced allowing for the infinite decomposition of nonlocal operators off the light--cone into operators of definite geometric twist.
We show that the twist decomposition of non-local scalar off-cone QCD-operators, which in $x-$space is infinite, after Fourier transformation with the singular functions $1/(x^2 - {\text{i}} \epsilon)^\lambda$ for $\lambda = 1$ and 2…
A group theoretical procedure for parametrizing non-forward matrix elements of non-local QCD operators is introduced. The related (two-variable) distribution amplitudes are given as sum over power corrections of the double distributions.…
Bilocal light-ray operators which are Lorentz scalars, vectors or antisymmetric tensors, and which appear in various hard scattering QCD processes, are decomposed into operators of definite twist. These operators are harmonic tensor…
A systematic procedure is introduced to uniquely decompose nonlocal LC-operators into harmonic operators of well defined geometric twist. The method will be demonstrated for (pseudo)scalar, (axial) vector and skew tensor bilocal quark…
In the framework of nonlocal light-cone expansion of two current operators we construct bilocal as well as trilocal QCD light-cone operators with definite geometric twist. We are able to decompose uniquely the appearing QCD light-cone…
The decomposition of nonlocal operators (and of their matrix elements) into an (infinite) series w.r.t. geometric twist is used to introduce (new) parton distributions, generalized parton distributions and hadron wave functions of definite…
For arbitrary spacetime dimension a systematic procedure is carried on to uniquely decompose nonlocal light-cone operators into harmonic operators of well defined twist. Thereby, harmonic tensor polynomials up to rank 2 are introduced.…
A group theoretical procedure, introduced earlier (hep-th/9901090), to decompose bilocal light-ray operators into (harmonic) operators of definite twist is applied to the case of arbitrary 2nd rank tensors. As a generic example the bilocal…
We present a systematic study of twist three light-cone distribution amplitudes of vector mesons in QCD, which is based on conformal expansion and takes into account meson and quark mass corrections. A complete set of distribution…
We present the light-cone distribution amplitudes of the Xi baryons up to twist six on the basis of QCD conformal partial wave expansion to the leading order conformal spin accuracy. The nonperturbative parameters relevant to the DAs are…
We present a systematic study of twist-4 light-cone distribution amplitudes of vector mesons in QCD, which is based on conformal expansion. The structure of meson mass corrections is studied in detail. A complete set of distribution…
A model-independent way of computing the mass corrections of vector-meson distribution amplitudes is given. The method is based on resummation of (next-to-)leading twist local operator.
We present a systematic study of twist-3 light-cone distribution amplitudes of vector mesons in QCD, which is based on conformal expansion. A complete set of distribution amplitudes is constructed for \rho, \omega, K^* and \phi mesons,…
We compute one-loop renormalization group equations for non-singlet twist-four operators in QCD. The calculation heavily relies on the light-cone gauge formalism in the momentum fraction space that essentially rephrases the analysis of all…
We use QCD sum rules to determine the twist-two non-singlet operator matrix elements and fixed x structure functions paying particular regard to the estimate of the errors. Particularly for the matrix element determination, we find large…
In this paper we address various issues connected with transverse spin in light front QCD. The transverse spin operators, in $A^+ = 0$ gauge, expressed in terms of the dynamical variables are explicitly interaction dependent unlike the…
We give a summary of existing results on higher twist distribution amplitudes of vector mesons in QCD. Special attention is payed to meson mass corrections which turn out to be large. A ``shopping list'' is presented of most important…
Exponential operator decompositions are an important tool in many fields of physics, for example, in quantum control, quantum computation, or condensed matter physics. In this work, we present a method for obtaining such decompositions,…
A leading twist expansion in terms of bilocal operators is proposed for the structure functions of deeply inelastic scattering near the elastic limit $x \to 1$, which is also applicable to a range of other hard quasi-elastic processes.…