出版社:SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要:Parton distributions in the virtual photon target are investigated in perturbative QCD up to the
next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO). In the case Λ2 P2 Q2, where Q2 (P2) is the
mass squared of the probe (target) photon, parton distributions are predicted completely up to
the NNLO, but they are factorization-scheme-dependent. We analyze parton distributions in two
different factorization schemes, namely MS and DISγ schemes, and discuss their scheme dependence.
We show that the factorization-scheme dependence is characterized by the large-x
behaviors of quark distributions in the virtual photon. Gluon distribution is predicted to be very
small in absolute value except in the small-x region.