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Quark correlation functions at three-loop order and extraction of splitting functions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-10-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

We present the first complete next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order calculation of the matching coefficients that link unpolarized flavor non-singlet parton distribution functions with lattice QCD computable correlation functions. By using this high-order result, we notice a reduction in theoretical uncertainties compared to relying solely on previously known lower-order matching coefficients. Furthermore, based on this result we have extracted the three-loop unpolarized flavor non-singlet splitting function, which is in agreement with the state-of-the-art result. Due to the simplicity of our method, it has the potential to advance the calculation of splitting functions to the desired four-loop order.

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@article{arxiv.2410.05141,
  title  = {Quark correlation functions at three-loop order and extraction of splitting functions},
  author = {Chen Cheng and Li-Hong Huang and Xiang Li and Zheng-Yang Li and Yan-Qing Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.05141},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures

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