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Title: Pion form factor

Conference ·
OSTI ID:232638
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  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)

It is pointed out that the correct criterion to define the legal PQCD contribution to the exclusive processes in the lightcone perturbative expansion should be based on the large off-shellness of the lightcone energy in the intermediate states. In the lightcone perturbative QCD calculation of the pion form factor, the authors find that the legal PQCD contribution defined by the lightcone energy cut saturates in the smaller Q{sup 2} region compared to that defined by the gluon four-momentum square cut. This is due to the contribution by the highly off-energy-shell gluons in the end point regions of the phase space, indicating that the gluon four-momentum-square cut may have cut too much to define the legal PQCD.

Research Organization:
Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc., Newport News, VA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-90ER40589; FG05-88ER40461
OSTI ID:
232638
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40150-299; CONF-9404197-; CEBAF-R-95-001; ON: DE96001410; TRN: 96:002006-0023
Resource Relation:
Conference: Workshop on CEBAF at higher energies, Newport News, VA (United States), 14-16 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Workshop on CEBAF at higher energies; Isgur, N.; Stoler, P. [eds.]; PB: 545 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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