Gluon distribution in hadrons
Author(s) -
Stanley J. Brodsky,
John F. Gunion
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.19.1005
Subject(s) - physics , gluon , particle physics , hadron , meson , quark , baryon , nuclear physics , bound state
We consider the effects of hadron size and quark composition on the distribution of gluons in mesons and baryons. Coherence effects in the color-singlet bound state eliminate the usual quark-mass infrared singularity. The color cancellations are important for all x/sub gluon/ unless the gluon transverse momentum is large compared to the inverse hadron size. Using a simple model for the meson bound state, we relate the scale size of color coherence to the scale of the electromagnetic form factor. Applications to the flavor and quark-number dependence of total cross sections and gluon-induced reactions are discussed.
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