Published April 1, 2002 | Version v1
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Next-to-leading order QCD analysis of deeply virtual Compton scattering amplitudes

  • 1. Division of Theoretical Physics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, University of Regensburg, Universitaetstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg (Germany)

Description

We present a next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD analysis of unpolarized and polarized deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) amplitudes, for two different input scenarios, in the MS scheme. We illustrate and discuss the size of the NLO effects and the behavior of the amplitudes in skewedness, ζ, and photon virtuality, Q2. In the unpolarized case, at fixed Q2, we find a remarkable effective power-law behavior in ζ, akin to Regge factorization, over several orders of magnitude in ζ. We also quantify the ratio of real to imaginary parts of the DVCS amplitudes and their sensitivity to changes of the factorization scale

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 074008-074008.12
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society