Sub-leading power corrections to transition form factors of $η$ and $η^{\prime}$ mesons from twist-six contributions

Abstract

Using collinear factorization, we have calculated twist-six corrections to $ηγ$ and $η^{\prime}γ$ transition form factors in QCD. Only a sub-set of light-cone operators of twist-six which can be factorized as a product of two gauge invariant operators has been considered. Resulting power corrections start as $1/Q^{4}$ but coefficients are smaller compared to their counterparts for twist-four operators. Matrix element of pseudoscalar quark densities for $u$- and $d$-quarks between vacuum and meson state, $h_{q}$, has considerable influence on the result. Results obtained by superimposing our results on those obtained in literature for leading and sub-leading power corrections for lower twists have been plotted and compared with data.