Wilson Lines off the Light-cone in TMD PDFs
arXiv:1404.0222 · doi:10.1007/s00601-014-0843-1
Abstract
Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions (PDFs) also take into account the transverse momentum () of the partons. The -integrated analogues can be linked directly to quark and gluon matrix elements using the operator product expansion in QCD, involving operators of definite twist. TMDs also involve operators of higher twist, which are not suppressed by powers of the hard scale, however. Taking into account gauge links that no longer are along the light-cone, one finds that new distribution functions arise. They appear at leading order in the description of azimuthal asymmetries in high-energy scattering processes. In analogy to the collinear operator expansion, we define a universal set of TMDs of definite rank and point out the importance for phenomenology.
arXiv comment12 pages, presented by the first author at the Light-Cone Conference 2013, May 20-24, 2013, Skiathos, Greece. To be published in Few Body Systems
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