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arxiv: 1508.01194 · v1 · pith:D7BSAMMMnew · submitted 2015-08-05 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-th· nucl-th

Violation of Factorization Theorem in QCD and QED For Non-Light-Like Wilson Line

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By using path integral formulation of QCD and QED we prove that the factorization theorem is valid for light-like Wilson line but is not valid for non-light-like Wilson line. This conclusion is shown to be consistent with Ward identity and Grammer-Yennie approximation. Hence we find that the factorization theorem is violated in all the previous studies which used the non-light-like Wilson line in the definition of the (transverse momentum dependent) parton distribution function and fragmentation function at high energy colliders.

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