Contributions of operators of twist two and higher in large n moments of structure functions

Though high twist terms are becoming important as x→1, or equivalently, in large n moments, their detection in this regime in deep inelastic lepton scattering needs special caution. The high order terms in the twist two component are strongly dependent on n; one finds that at $\text{Q}{}^2\text{?Q}{}^2{}_7\text{?Λ}{}^2\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{exp}\text{α}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(}\text{log}\text{n)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>2?1</mtext><mtext>k</mtext>}}\text{(}\text{1+b}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{log}\text{n}\text{)]}$ the perturbative expansion is invalid whereas higher twist terms are important at $\text{Q}{}^2\text{?Q}{}_1{}^2\text{= Λ}{}^2\text{nC}$. Since $\text{Q}{}_7{}^2$ grows very fast with n the necessary requirement for any deep inelastic phenomenological analysis, namely $\text{Q}{}_1{}^2\text{?Q}{}_7{}^2$, cannot hold for too large moments. The scheme dependence of a_k, α_k and b_k is also discussed.