Twist-three cross-sections in deeply virtual Compton scattering
Abstract
We study the deeply virtual Compton scattering process with both twist-two and twist-three Compton form factors and present our cross-sections formulas with all polarization configurations. While the twist-three contributions are generally assumed to be negligible in the literature due to the kinematical suppression, we compare them with the twist-two ones at typical JLab 6 GeV and 12 GeV kinematics as well as EIC kinematics and show their kinematical suppression explicitly, justifying the leading-twist approximation made in the literature. In addition, we also estimate the twist-three Compton form factors using Wandzura-Wilczek relations and inputs of twist-two generalized parton distributions based on a reggeized spectator model. With those estimated Compton form factors, we analyze the kinematical behavior of twist-two and twist-three cross-sections in a wide range of kinematics, and discuss the optimal regions for separating the leading-twist effects from the higher-twist ones.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2202.11114,
title = {Twist-three cross-sections in deeply virtual Compton scattering},
author = {Yuxun Guo and Xiangdong Ji and Brandon Kriesten and Kyle Shiells},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.11114},
year = {2022}
}
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53 pages, 13 figures and 1 table