Higher Twist Structure Functions

Interactions : Structure Functions , Higher Twist

Higher - twist Effects in Spin Structure Functions

We discuss the QCD effects of the higher-twist operators in the nucleon spin-dependent structure functions measured by the polarized deep inelastic leptoproduction. We particularly study the renormalization of the twist-3 and twist-4 operators within the framework of operator product expansions and renormalization group methods in perturbative QCD. Emphasis will be placed on the role of the ope...

Higher-twist Corrections to Nucleon Structure Functions from Lattice Qcd *

A genuinely non-perturbative evaluation of higher-twist contributions to the structure functions of the nucleon, with all mixing effects and renormalon ambiguities taken care of, is presented. Higher-twist corrections turn out to be significant at moderate values of q 2 .

Higher Twist Contributions to Deep-Inelastic Structure Functions

In wide kinematic regions the deeply inelastic structure functions can be described by their leading twist contributions within Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Higher twist corrections [1] emerge both in the region of large [2,3] and small values [4,5] of the Bjorken variable x. The leading twist sector, both for unpolarized and polarized deeply inelastic scattering, is well explored within pertu...

Quark-hadron duality and higher twist contributions in structure functions

The quark-hadron duality is studied in a systematic way for polarized and unpolarized structure functions, by taking into account all the available data in the resonance region. In both cases, a precise perturbative QCD based analysis to the integrals of the structure functions in the resonance region has been done: non perturbative contributions have been disentangled, the higher twist contrib...