Three-particle di-light-cone distribution amplitudes of the B-meson in heavy-quark effective theory
We present a systematic study of the three-particle di-light-cone distribution amplitudes (DLCDAs) of the B-meson. They are defined through B-meson-to-vacuum matrix elements of trilocal HQET operators, in which the light antiquark and the gluon field-strength tensor are located on two back-to-back light rays. In this sense, the DLCDAs generalise the conventional B-meson light-cone distribution amplitudes to configurations where soft fields couple to collinear degrees of freedom in two distinct directions. As such, they parametrise the non-perturbative dynamics associated with non-factorisable soft-gluon contributions in rare and non-leptonic exclusive B-meson decays. We derive the complete Lorentz decomposition of the matrix elements of generic trilocal operators, identify eight independent DLCDAs, and organise them in a basis of definite twist. Using local operator identities and equations-of-motion constraints, we obtain tree-level relations for their normalisation integrals and first moments in terms of a minimal set of hadronic parameters. These relations allow us to construct simple momentum-space models for all independent DLCDAs. For the leading-twist distribution, we further incorporate the perturbative radiative tail at order αs and discuss its impact on the resulting parametrisation.
Authors
- Philipp Böer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1205-3655)
- Nico Gubernari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2278-2707)
- Thorsten Feldmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7073-7700)
- Riccardo Bartocci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2685-6298)
- Max Ferré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0244-0530)
- Daniel Vladimirov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2061-4525)
Publication Details
- Journal
- KITopen
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5445/ir/1000197867
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00