Next-to-leading order calculation of a fragmentation function in a light-cone gauge

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Abstract

The short-distance coefficients for the color-octet S13 term in the fragmentation function for a gluon to split into polarized heavy quarkonium states are recalculated to order αs2. The light-cone gauge remarkably simplifies the calculation by eliminating many Feynman diagrams at the expense of introducing spurious poles in loop integrals. We do not use any conventional prescriptions for spurious pole. Instead, we only use gauge invariance with the aid of Collins-Soper definition of the fragmentation function. Our result agrees with a previous calculation of Braaten and Lee in the Feynman gauge, but disagrees with another previous calculation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number094007
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume71
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 May 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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