Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1998-01-31
Phys.Rev.D60:074004,1999
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
39 pages, RevTex, 17 figures included; revised version (an error in the analytical expression for T_H corrected, numerical res
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.60.074004
We present the results of a complete leading-twist next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD analysis of the spacelike pion electromagnetic form factor at large momentum transfer Q. We have studied their dependence on the form of the pion distribution amplitude. For a given distribution amplitude, we have examined the sensitivity of the predictions to the choice of the renormalization and factorization scales. Theoretical uncertainty of the LO results related to the renormalization scale ambiguity has been significantly reduced by including the NLO corrections. Adopting the criteria according to which a NLO prediction is considered reliable if, both, the ratio of the NLO to LO contributions and the strong coupling constant are reasonably small, we find that reliable perturbative predictions for the pion electromagnetic form factor with all distribution amplitudes considered can already be made at a momentum transfer Q<10 GeV, with corrections to the LO results being typically of the order of ~ 20%. To check our predictions and to discriminate between the distribution amplitudes, it is necessary to obtain experimental data extending to higher values of Q.
Melic Blazenka
Nizic Bene
Passek Kornelija
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