Next-to-leading order evolution of transversity distributions and Soffer's inequality

Jun, 1997
22 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 57 (1998) 1886-1894
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Report number:
  • CERN-TH-97-132

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present a calculation of the two-loop splitting functions for the evolution of the twist-2 `transversity' parton densities of transversely polarized nucleons. We study the implications of our results for Soffer's inequality for the case of valence quark densities.
  • p p: inclusive reaction
  • polarization: transverse
  • Drell-Yan process
  • muon: pair production
  • momentum spectrum: parton
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • effect: higher-twist
  • Mellin transformation
  • moment