Published May 8, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

The applicability of perturbative QCD to exclusive processes

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 2. Oxford Univ. (UK). Dept. of Theoretical Physics

Description

We re-examine our arguments against the dominance of perturbative QCD over soft, non-perturbative effects in exclusive processes at currently available Q2. We continue to find that perturbative contributions are much smaller than soft contributions (which are capable of explaining the data) in the simple test cases of the pion and nucleon electromagnetic form factors. We see no reason why our results should not generalize, and conclude that there is no justification for the continued application of perturbative QCD to exclusive processes. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B, Particle Physics
Journal Volume
317
Journal Issue
3
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
526-572
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBB