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Conformal spacelike-timelike correspondence in QCD

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-09-26 v1

Abstract

This paper is a study of a spacelike-timelike conformal correspondence in QCD. When the times at vertices are fixed in an A_+ = 0 gauge calculation the distribution of gluons in a highly virtual decay have an exact correspondence with the gluons in the lightcone wavefunction of a high energy dipole with the identification of angles in the timelike case and transverse coordinates in the lightcone wavefunction. Divergences show up when the time integrals are done. A procedure for dropping these divergences, analogous to the Gell-Mann Low procedure in QED, allows one to define a conformal QCD, at least through NLO. Possible uses of such a conformal QCD are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1804.07249,
  title  = {Conformal spacelike-timelike correspondence in QCD},
  author = {Alfred H. Mueller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.07249},
  year   = {2018}
}
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