Abstract
Transverse momentum dependent parton distribution and fragmentation functions are described by hadronic matrix elements of bilocal products of field operators off the light-cone. These bilocal products contain gauge-links, as required by gauge-invariance. The gauge-links are path-ordered exponentials connecting the field operators along a certain integration path. This integration path is process-dependent, depending specifically on the short-distance partonic subprocess. In this paper we present the technical details needed in the calculation of the gauge-links, and a calculational scheme is provided to obtain the gauge invariant distribution and fragmentation correlators corresponding to a given partonic subprocess.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 147-162 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
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