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Renormalized Effective Hamiltonian Approach To Qcd, David G. Robertson Jun 1998

Renormalized Effective Hamiltonian Approach To Qcd, David G. Robertson

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Continuing our previous QCD Hamiltonian studies in the gluonic and quark sectors, we describe a new renormalization procedure which generates an effective Hamiltonian. The formulation, which is in the Coulomb gauge, provides an improved framework for investigating hadron structure.


Optimal Renormalization Scale And Scheme For Exclusive Processes, Stanley J. Brodsky, Chueng-Ryong Ji, Alex Pang, David G. Robertson Jan 1998

Optimal Renormalization Scale And Scheme For Exclusive Processes, Stanley J. Brodsky, Chueng-Ryong Ji, Alex Pang, David G. Robertson

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We use the Brodsky-Lepage-Mackenzie (BLM) method to fix the renormalization scale of the QCD coupling in exclusive hadronic amplitudes such as the pion form factor and the photon-to-pion transition form factor at large momentum transfer. Renormalization-scheme-independent commensurate scale relations are established which connect the hard scattering subprocess amplitudes that control exclusive processes to other QCD observables such as the heavy quark potential and the electron-positron annihilation cross section. The commensurate scale relation connecting the heavy quark potential, as determined from lattice gauge theory, to the photon-to-pion transition form factor is in excellent agreement with γe⃗ π0e data assuming that the …