Journal of High Energy Physics (Jun 2017)

High energy behaviour of form factors

  • Taushif Ahmed,
  • Johannes M. Henn,
  • Matthias Steinhauser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2017)125
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017, no. 6
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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Abstract We solve renormalization group equations that govern infrared divergences of massless and massive form factors. By comparing to recent results for planar massive three-loop and massless four-loop form factors in QCD, we give predictions for the high-energy limit of massive form factors at the four- and for the massless form factor at five-loop order. Furthermore, we discuss the relation which connects infrared divergences regularized dimensionally and via a small quark mass and extend results present in the literature to higher order.

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