RT Journal Article T1 Renormalization scale-fixing for complex scattering amplitudes A1 Llanes Estrada, Felipe José A1 Brodsky, S. J AB We show how to fix the renormalization scale for hard scattering exclusive processes such as deeply virtual meson electroproduction by applying the BLM prescription to the imaginary part of the scattering amplitude and employing a fixed-t dispersion relation to obtain the scale fixed real part. In this way, we resolve the ambiguity in BLM renormalization scale-setting for complex scattering amplitudes. We illustrate this by computing the H generalized parton distribution at leading twist in an analytic quark-diquark model for the parton-proton scattering amplitude that can incorporate Regge exchange contributions characteristic of the deep inelastic structure functions. PB Springer SN 1434-6044 YR 2006 FD 2006-06 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50827 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50827 LA eng NO © Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica 2006.F.J. Llanes Estrada warmly thanks the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s theory group, where this work was carried out, for their hospitality and the Fundacion del Amo-Univ. Complutense fellowship for partial financial support. This work was supported in part by grants FPA 2004 02602, 2005-02327, PR27/05-13955-BSCH (Spain) and US Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02- 76SF00515. NO US Department of Energy NO Fundación del Amo - Univ. Complutense DS Docta Complutense RD 9 abr 2025