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Anomalous Dimension of Non-Singlet Wilson Operators at O(1/N_f) in Deep Inelastic Scattering
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Submitted 6 Jan 1994 · 27 references
Pith's verdict: A compact, checkable large-N_f result: closed-form all-moment non-singlet anomalous dimensions, validated at two loops and at three loops for n=8, with the a_3 table as the useful deliverable.
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The paper claims that a single closed-form formula gives the leading large-flavour anomalous dimension of every non-singlet twist-two Wilson operator, and that its expansion reproduces known two-loop QCD results while predicting the three-,
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What carries the argument
The machinery is the large-$N_f$ self-consistency or critical-point programme: instead of renormalising the operator in ordinary perturbation theory, one evaluates its Green's function at the critical coupling $g_c$ where the $d$-dimensional $\beta$ function vanishes, so that the theory is finite and conformally invariant and the propagators take the power-law forms of Eq. (6), with exponents $alpha$ and $beta$ built from the quark anomalous dimension $eta$ and the vertex exponent $chi$. The individual graphs are divergent in this limit and are regulated by shifting the gluon exponent, $beta to beta - delta$; each graph then takes the form $P/delta + Q + R ln p^2$, and the coefficient $R$ of the logarithm is the piece that would violate scaling. Summing those logarithms gives the resummed momentum dependence $(p^2)^{gamma^{(n)}_O(g_c)/2}$, and hence the exponent through $eta^{(n)} = eta + gamma^{(n)}_O(g_c)$. The step that carries the physical weight is the assertion that the $epsilon$-expansion of this $d$-dimensional exponent coincides, order by order in the coupling, with the coefficients of the renormalisation group function computed in the mass-independent minimal subtraction scheme.
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Core claim
The central claim is Eq. (14): a closed-form expression for $eta^{(n)}_1$, the $O(1/N_f)$ critical exponent of the non-singlet twist-two Wilson operator of moment $n$, valid for every $n$. It is assembled from two one-loop conformal-graph contributions — a direct term with the characteristic denominators $(mu+n-1)(mu+n-2)$ and a term containing the harmonic sum $sum_{l=1}^{n} 1/(mu+l-2)$ — together with the quark anomalous dimension $eta_1$ of Eq. (8) and the relation $eta^{(n)} = eta + gamma^{(n)}_O(g_c)$ of Eq. (11). Gracey then tests the formula twice: at $n=1$ it vanishes, as it must because that operator is a conserved current, and upon expansion in $epsilon$ it reproduces both $O(1/N_f)$ coefficients of the known two-loop anomalous dimension of Eq. (15). Having passed those checks, the exponent is used to extract the leading-$1/N_f$ pieces $a_3$, $a_4$ and $a_5$ of the perturbative series at three, four and five loops (Eqs. (17)–(19)), and $a_3$ is tabulated for even $n$ from 2 to 22. The author reports exact agreement of the $n=8$ entry with the value quoted in a contemporaneous three-loop calculation, and notes that the exponent can be Mellin-transformed into the $O(1/N_f)$ part of the non-singlet Altarelli–Parisi splitting function.
Load-bearing premise
The argument rests on the claim that expanding the $d$-dimensional critical exponent in $epsilon$ reproduces the minimal-subtraction coefficients of the anomalous dimension to all orders in the coupling at $O(1/N_f)$; this is taken from earlier work rather than proved here, and is tested only against the two-loop result and one three-loop number.
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If this is right
- The leading large-$N_f$ part of the non-singlet anomalous dimension is known analytically for every moment, so no separate diagrammatic calculation is needed for individual $n$ at that order.
- The coefficients $a_3$, $a_4$ and $a_5$ of Eqs. (17)–(19) supply concrete targets for explicit three-, four- and five-loop calculations in the modified minimal subtraction scheme.
- The tabulated $a_3$ values for even $n$ between 2 and 22 can be compared entry by entry against a full three-loop evaluation, moment by moment.
- Mellin transformation of the exponent gives the $O(1/N_f)$ part of the non-singlet splitting function $P_{NS}(g,x)$, extending the earlier two-loop treatment of the Altarelli–Parisi kernels.
- The same critical-point method is claimed to be applicable to the singlet operator case, where operators mix, since matrices of exponents have been handled in this approach before.
Reading between the lines
- The method's real economy is that the number of diagrams does not grow with the perturbative order being predicted: two one-loop graphs generate three-, four- and five-loop coefficients, which is the opposite of the usual pattern in this field.
- Because the $n$-dependence sits entirely in harmonic sums and simple rational functions of $n$, one could in principle resum the series in $n$ and study the small-$x$ behaviour of the splitting function directly, a region where fixed-order truncations are least reliable.
- The structure of the answer suggests a broader pattern: any operator whose one-loop conformal insertion can be evaluated might admit the same treatment, so the limiting factor is the availability of the corresponding exponent inputs such as $eta_2$ rather than the operator's complexity.
- The agreement at $n=8$ is a single-number check at one moment; the table for $n = 2$ through $22$ converts that into a large set of independent tests, which is the more informative use of the result.
Original abstract
We use the large N_f self consistency formalism to compute the $O(1/N_f)$ critical exponent corresponding to the renormalization of the flavour non-singlet twist two Wilson operators which arise in the operator product expansion of currents in deep inelastic processes. Expanding the $d$-dimensional expression in powers of $\epsilon$ $=$ $(4-d)/2$ the coefficients of $\epsilon$ agree with the known two loop structure of the corresponding renormalization group function and we deduce analytic expressions for all moments, $n$, at three and higher orders in perturbation theory in the $\overline{\mbox{MS}}$ scheme at $O(1/N_f)$.
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We use the large N_f self consistency formalism to compute the $O(1/N_f)$ critical exponent corresponding to the renormalization of the flavour non-singlet twist two Wilson operators which arise in the operator product expansion of currents in deep inelastic processes. Expanding the $d$-dimensional expression in powers of $\epsilon$ $=$ $(4-d)/2$ the coefficients of $\epsilon$ agree with the known two loop structure of the corresponding renormalization group function and we deduce analytic expressions for all moments, $n$, at three and higher orders in perturbation theory in the $\overline{\mbox{MS}}$ scheme at $O(1/N_f)$.
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| s0 | We use the large N_f self consistency formalism to compute the $O(1/N_f)$ critical exponent corresponding to the renormalization of the flavour non-singlet twist two Wilson operators which arise in the operator product expansion of currents in deep inelastic processes. | contribution 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.29 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | Expanding the $d$-dimensional expression in powers of $\epsilon$ $=$ $(4-d)/2$ the coefficients of $\epsilon$ agree with the known two loop structure of the corresponding renormalization group function and we deduce analytic expressions for all moments, $n$, at three and higher orders in perturbation theory in the $\overline{\mbox{MS}}$ scheme at $O(1/N_f)$. | result 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.43 | asserted 1.00 |
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Our final result is [The result for $N=2$ [ref] contains a misprint in the last term of Eq. (22): $128$ should be replaced by $64$.] [The results for $N=2, 3, 4$ can be found as the ancillary file of the arXiv version this paper.]: [equation] [equation] where $$ is the dimension of the fermion representation (i.e. the number of quark colours), $$ is the number of quark flavors and for the color group $SU(N_c)$ (see Ref. [ref] ): [equation] The part of the obtained result, which is proportional to $(n_f)^i-1a_s^i$, coincide with the prediction from Ref. [ref] .
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