Evolution of the light-cone distribution function for a heavy quark

1998/05/12 by C. Balzereit, Christopher Balzereit, Thomas Mannel +3 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.58.114029

published as Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 114029 · Latex extensions amsmath, epsfig required The complete paper, including figures, is also available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/ , or via www at http://www-ttp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/preprints/

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Abstract

We compute the one-loop anomalous dimension for the light-cone distribution function of a heavy quark and solve the corresponding evolution equation analytically. Some implications of the results for inclusive B decays are discussed.

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