All order factorization for virtual Compton scattering at next-to-leading power

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Auteurs principaux: Schoenleber, Jakob, Szafron, Robert
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author Schoenleber, Jakob
Szafron, Robert
author_facet Schoenleber, Jakob
Szafron, Robert
contents We discuss all-order factorization for the virtual Compton process at next-to-leading power (NLP) in the $Λ_{\rm QCD}/Q$ and $\sqrt{-t}/Q$ expansion (twist-3), both in the double-deeply-virtual case and the single-deeply-virtual case. We use the soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) as the main theoretical tool. We conclude that collinear factorization holds in the double-deeply virtual case, where both photons are far off-shell. The agreement is found with the known results for the hard matching coefficients at leading order $α_s^0$, and we can therefore connect the traditional approach with SCET. In the single-deeply-virtual case, commonly called deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS), the contribution of non-target collinear regions complicates the factorization. These include momentum modes collinear to the real photon and (ultra)soft interactions between the photon-collinear and target-collinear modes. However, such contributions appear only for the transversely polarized virtual photon at the NLP accuracy and in fact it is the only NLP $\sim (Λ_{\rm QCD}/Q)^1 \sim (\sqrt{-t}/Q)^1$ contribution in that case. We therefore conclude that the DVCS amplitude for a longitudinally polarized virtual photon, where the leading power $\sim (Λ_{\rm QCD}/Q)^0 \sim (\sqrt{-t}/Q)^0$ contribution vanishes, is free of non-target collinear contributions and the collinear factorization in terms of twist-3 GPDs holds in that case as well.
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spellingShingle All order factorization for virtual Compton scattering at next-to-leading power
Schoenleber, Jakob
Szafron, Robert
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We discuss all-order factorization for the virtual Compton process at next-to-leading power (NLP) in the $Λ_{\rm QCD}/Q$ and $\sqrt{-t}/Q$ expansion (twist-3), both in the double-deeply-virtual case and the single-deeply-virtual case. We use the soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) as the main theoretical tool. We conclude that collinear factorization holds in the double-deeply virtual case, where both photons are far off-shell. The agreement is found with the known results for the hard matching coefficients at leading order $α_s^0$, and we can therefore connect the traditional approach with SCET. In the single-deeply-virtual case, commonly called deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS), the contribution of non-target collinear regions complicates the factorization. These include momentum modes collinear to the real photon and (ultra)soft interactions between the photon-collinear and target-collinear modes. However, such contributions appear only for the transversely polarized virtual photon at the NLP accuracy and in fact it is the only NLP $\sim (Λ_{\rm QCD}/Q)^1 \sim (\sqrt{-t}/Q)^1$ contribution in that case. We therefore conclude that the DVCS amplitude for a longitudinally polarized virtual photon, where the leading power $\sim (Λ_{\rm QCD}/Q)^0 \sim (\sqrt{-t}/Q)^0$ contribution vanishes, is free of non-target collinear contributions and the collinear factorization in terms of twist-3 GPDs holds in that case as well.
title All order factorization for virtual Compton scattering at next-to-leading power
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09263