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Anomalous dimensions of transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions

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arxiv 0808.3390 v1 pith:3DOLDA32 submitted 2008-08-25 hep-ph

Anomalous dimensions of transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions

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keywords anomalousdependentdimensionfunctionslight-conetransverse-momentumabsentaddressed
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We discuss recent developments in the understanding of gauge-invariant transverse-momentum dependent (TMD) parton-distribution functions (PDF). We compute the leading-order $\overline{\text{MS}\vphantom{^1}}$-scheme anomalous dimension of such a quantity in the light-cone gauge and show that it receives a contribution that can be associated with a cusp obstruction at transverse light-cone infinity. This anomalous dimension is intimately related to expectation values composed of fields and eikonal factors along a cusped contour and is absent in covariant gauges. The implications of these findings are addressed and a modified definition of TMD PDFs is proposed.

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