Next-to-leading Order Parton Model Calculations in the Massless Schwinger Model

Abstract

We carry out next-to-leading order (NLO) parton model calculations for the standard hard ``QCD'' processes in the massless Schwinger model. The asymptotic expansion of the exact result for the deep inelastic cross section is used to infer the NLO distribution function. These distribution functions are then used to calculate the NLO Drell-Yan parton model cross section and it is found to agree with the corresponding term in the expansion of the exact result for the Drell-Yan cross section. Finally, by using the bosonization formula and the exact solutions we study the interference between different partonic processes.

Comments: UCSD/PTH/93-45