$\rho$-Meson wave functions from nonlocal light-cone operators with definite twist

Abstract

We introduce chiral-even and chiral-odd meson wave functions as vacuum-to-meson matrix elements of bilocal quark operators with well-defined (geometric) twist. Thereby, we achieve a Lorentz invariant classification of these distributions which differ from the conventional ones by explicitly taking into account the trace terms. The relations between conventional and new wave functions are given.

Comments: 8 pages, REVTEX; corrected sign errors