Next-to-Leading-Order Calculation of the Light Tensor $(J^P=2^+)$ Hybrid Correlation Function

Abstract: We report on the QCD calculations underlying a next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD Laplace sum-rule analysis of the light tensor $(J^P = 2<sup>+)$ hybrid meson mass and coupling. This article focuses on the calculation of the NLO perturbative and leading-log NLO non-perturbative contributions. The diagrammatic renormalization method is employed, and a renormalization-group approach is used to determine the leading-log NLO corrections to condensate contributions, including the dimension-six gluon condensate, whose renormalization we extend to $n_f$ quark flavors. The NLO contributions provide a systematically improved theoretical description of the light tensor hybrid correlation function, leading to more reliable determinations of its mass and coupling. The phenomenological implications of our results are discussed separately in these proceedings.