Light-Like Wilson Line in QCD Without Path Ordering

Abstract

Unlike the Wilson line in QED the Wilson line in QCD contains path ordering. In this paper we get rid of the path ordering in the light-like Wilson line in QCD by simplifying all the infinite number of non-commuting terms in the SU(3) pure gauge. We prove that the light-like Wilson line in QCD naturally emerges when path integral formulation of QCD is used to prove factorization of soft and collinear divergences at all order in coupling constant in QCD processes at high energy colliders.

Final Version, 20 pages latex, Accepted for publication in Phys. Part. Nucl. Lett. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1506.02651, arXiv:1506.02593

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