CTP_2012_K_Meson_DA.pdf

Commun. Theor. Phys. 58 (2012) 261–270 Vol. 58, No. 2, August 15, 2012 Revisiting the Twist-3 Distribution Amplitudes of K Meson Within the QCD Background Field Approach? ZHONG Tao (¨7),1 WU Xing-Gang (?,f),1,2,? HAN Hua-Yong (?u?),1 LIAO Qi-Li ( ù?),1 FU Hai-Bing (G°R),1 and FANG Zhen-Yun (?)1 1Department of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China 2SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (Received April 16, 2012) Abstract In the present paper, we investigate the kaon twist-3 distribution amplitudes (DAs) φKp,σ within the QCD background field approach. The SUf (3)-breaking effects are studied in detail under a systematical way, especially the sum rules for the moments of φKp,σ are obtained by keeping all the mass terms in the s-quark propagator consistently. After adding all the uncertainties in quadrature, the first two Gegenbauler moments of φKp,σ are a 1 K,p(1 GeV) = ?0.376 +0.103 ?0.148 , a2K,p(1 GeV) = 0.701 +0.481 ?0.491 , a 1 K,σ(1 GeV) = ?0.160 +0.051 ?0.074 , and a 2 K,σ(1 GeV) = 0.369 +0.163 ?0.149 , respectively. Their normaliza- tion parameters μpK |1 GeV = 1.188 +0.039 ?0.043 GeV and μ σ K |1 GeV = 1.021 +0.036 ?0.055 GeV. A detailed discussion on the properties of φKp,σ moments shows that the higher-order s-quark mass terms can indeed provide sizable contributions. Furthermore, based on the newly obtained moments, a model for the kaon twist-3 wavefunction ΨKp,σ(x,k⊥) with a better end-point behavior is constructed, which shall be useful for perturbative QCD calculations. As a byproduct, we make a discussion on the properties of the pion twist-3 DAs. PACS numbers: 12.38.Aw, 14.40.Aq, 11.55.Hx Key words: QCD sum rules, Twist-3 wavefunction, Kaon 1 Introduction Meson distribution amplitude (DA), which describes the momentum fraction distribution of the parton in me- son, is an important component for the QCD light-cone sum rule (LCSR) and the QCD factorization theory.[1?5] In dealing with the e