The evolution of six-quark color-singlet state distribution amplitudes is formulated as an application of perturbative quantum chromodynamics to nuclear wave functions. We derive and solve a set of coupled evolution equations for the deuteron S-wave amplitude. The solution of the evolution equations leads to a general matrix representation of anomalous dimensions which can be used to analyze the deuteron wave function at short distances.

• Received 10 February 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.34.1460