NEW DEFINITION OF TMD PARTON DENSITIES

2011/01/01 by John Collins, John C. Collins
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s2010194511001590

published as Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Ser. 4, 85-96 (2011) · 11 pages. To appear in proceedings of QCD evolution workshop April 2011

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Abstract

I give an account of a new definition of transverse-momentum-dependent parton densities. The new definition solves a number of difficulties and inconsistencies in earlier definitions.

Citations

• Parton distribution and decay functions
• Wilson lines and transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions: A renormalization-group analysis
• Renormalization-group properties of transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions in the light-cone gauge with the Mandelstam-Leibbrandt prescription

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