Published January 15, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Analytic resummation for the quark form factor in QCD

Creators

Description

The quark form factor is known to exponentiate within the framework of dimensionally regularized perturbative QCD. The logarithm of the form factor is expressed in terms of integrals over the scale of the running coupling. I show that these integrals can be evaluated explicitly and expressed in terms of renormalization group invariant analytic functions of the coupling and of the space-time dimension, to any order in renormalized perturbation theory. Explicit expressions are given up two loops. To this order, all the infrared and collinear singularities in the logarithm of the form factor resum to a single pole in ε, whose residue is determined at one loop, plus powers of logarithms of ε. This behavior is conjectured to extend to all loops

Additional details

Identifiers

PII
S0550321300006234;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
593
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 269-288
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35027522
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
FORM FACTORS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; RENORMALIZATION; WILSON LOOP
Descriptors DEC
FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

Optional Information

Copyright
Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.