Hadronic photon correction to $\gamma^{\ast} \gamma \to f_{2}(1270)$ at next-to-leading order

Bing-Xin Liu; Shen-Qiang Ren

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Hadronic photon correction to $\gamma^{\ast} \gamma \to f_{2}(1270)$ at next-to-leading order

Bing-Xin Liu·Shen-Qiang Ren

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Within the framework of light-cone sum rules, we calculate the hadronic photon corrections to the $\gamma^*\gamma \to f_2(1270)$ transition form factors induced by the leading-twist photon distribution amplitude of the real photon. We establish the factorization formula for the vacuum-to-photon correlation function at next-to-leading order in $\alpha_s$, and extract the perturbative hard matching coefficients by applying the method of regions. The parametrically large logarithms appearing in the hard functions are resummed to next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy by solving the two-loop evolution equation for the corresponding light-ray tensor operator. Combining the resulting light-cone sum rules with the known leading-power contributions from QCD collinear factorization, we provide updated theoretical predictions for the three helicity form factors $T_0(Q^2)$, $T_1(Q^2)$ and $T_2(Q^2)$, including an estimate of the theoretical uncertainties.

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Bing-Xin Liu, Shen-Qiang Ren. 2026-08-08. Hadronic photon correction to $\gamma^{\ast} \gamma \to f_{2}(1270)$ at next-to-leading order. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08054

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