[Formula presented] meson light-cone distribution amplitudes of leading twist reexamined

Abstract

We give a complete reanalysis of the leading twist quark-antiquark light-cone distribution amplitudes of longitudinal and transverse [Formula presented] mesons. We derive Wandzura-Wilczek-type relations between different distributions and update the coefficients in their conformal expansion using QCD sum rules, including next-to-leading order radiative corrections. We find that the distribution amplitudes of quarks inside longitudinally and transversely polarized [Formula presented] mesons have a similar shape, which is in contradiction to previous analyses. © 1996 The American Physical Society.