The perturbative QCD factorization of $\rho {\gamma }^{\star }\to \rho$

Abstract

In this paper we firstly demonstrate step by step that the factorization hypothesis is valid at the next-to-leading order (NLO) for the exclusive process $\rho {\gamma }^{\star }\to \rho$ by employing the collinear factorization approach, and then extend this proof to the case of the $k_T$ factorization by taking into account the transversal momentum of the light external quark (anti-quark) lines in the $\rho$ meson. At the NLO level, we then show that the soft divergences from different sub-diagrams will be canceled each other in the quark level, while the remaining collinear divergences can be absorbed into the NLO meson wave functions. The full NLO amplitudes can therefore be factorized as the convolution of the NLO wave functions ${\Phi }_{\rho }^{(1)}$ and the infrared-finite leading order (LO) hard kernels $G_{X,IJ,kl}^0$ in the $k_T$ factorization. We also write down the polarized NLO $\rho$ meson wave functions in the form of nonlocal hadron matrix elements with the gauge factor integral path deviating from the light cone. These NLO $\rho$ meson wave functions can be used to calculate the NLO hard corrections to some relevant exclusive processes, such as $B\to \rho$ transition.

28 pages, 5 figures, Version accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.D, added 1 figure and related discussions, typos are corrected

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