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We calculate the quark coefficient function T q (x, ξ) that enters the factorized amplitude for deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) at all order in a soft and collinear gluon approximation, focusing on the leading double logarithmic behavior in (x±ξ), where x ± ξ is the light cone momentum fraction of the incoming/outgoing quarks. We show that the dominant part of the known one loop result can be understood in an axial gauge as the result of a semi-eikonal approximation to the box diagram. We then derive an all order result for the leading contribution of the ladder diagrams and deduce a resummation formula valid in the vicinity of the boundaries of the regions defining the energy flows of the incoming/outcoming quarks, i.e. x = ±ξ. The resummed series results in a simple closed expression.
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Altinoluk, T., Pire, B., Szymanowski, L. et al. Resumming soft and collinear contributions in deeply virtual Compton scattering. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 49 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2012)049
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