Published April 1, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Gluon cascades and amplitudes in light-front perturbation theory

  • 1. Physics Department, 104 Davey Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
  • 2. H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków (Poland)
  • 3. RIKEN BNL Center, Upton, NY (United States)

Description

We construct the gluon wave functions, fragmentation functions and scattering amplitudes within the light-front perturbation theory. Recursion relations on the light-front are constructed for the wave functions and fragmentation functions, which in the latter case are the light-front analogs of the Berends–Giele recursion relations. Using general relations between wave functions and scattering amplitudes it is demonstrated how to obtain the maximally-helicity violating amplitudes, and explicit verification of the results is based on simple examples.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.12.003

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.12.003;
arXiv
arXiv:1301.3075v1;
PII
S0550-3213(12)00652-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
869
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-30
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44085211
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
GLUONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; RECURSION RELATIONS; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; VERIFICATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; BOSONS; FUNCTIONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.