Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-10-11
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 034001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
11 pages, REVTEX, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.034001
We prove $k_T$ factorization theorem in perturbative QCD (PQCD) for exclusive processes by considering $\pi\gamma^*\to \gamma(\pi)$ and $B\to\gamma(\pi) l\bar\nu$. The relevant form factors are expressed as the convolution of hard amplitudes with two-parton meson wave functions in the impact parameter $b$ space, $b$ being conjugate to the parton transverse momenta $k_T$. The point is that on-shell valence partons carry longitudinal momenta initially, and acquire $k_T$ through collinear gluon exchanges. The $b$-dependent two-parton wave functions with an appropriate path for the Wilson links are gauge-invariant. The hard amplitudes, defined as the difference between the parton-level diagrams of on-shell external particles and their collinear approximation, are also gauge-invariant. We compare the predictions for two-body nonleptonic $B$ meson decays derived from $k_T$ factorization (the PQCD approach) and from collinear factorization (the QCD factorization approach).
Li Hsiang-nan
Nagashima Makiko
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