Multiplicative Renormalizability of Operators defining Quasiparton Distributions

Extracting parton distribution functions (PDFs) from lattice QCD calculation of quasi-PDFs has been actively pursued in recent years. We extend our proof of the multiplicative renormalizability of the quasiquark operators of Ishikawa et al. [Phys Rev. D 96, 094019 (2017)] to quasigluon operators, and demonstrated that quasigluon operators could be multiplicatively renormalized to all orders in perturbation theory, without mixing with other operators. We find that using a gauge-invariant UV regulator is essential for achieving this proof. With the multiplicative renormalizability of both quasiquark and quasigluon operators, and QCD collinear factorization of hadronic matrix elements of there operators into PDFs, extracting PDFs from lattice QCD calculated hadronic matrix elements of quasiparton operators could have a solid theoretical foundation.