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Angular ordering effects in TMD parton distribution functions and Drell-Yan $q_{\bot}$ spectra

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-10-29 v1

Abstract

We present new results of our studies of soft-gluon angular ordering effects on the evolution of both collinear and transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions, and discuss their implications for precision predictions of Drell-Yan transverse momentum spectra at the LHC. Our method is based on the parton branching (PB) approach. We compare this with the implementation of angular ordering in the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin-Watt (KMRW) approach and with the Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) approach. We illustrate numerically the effects of different ordering scenarios (pp_{\bot}, angular ordering), including definitions of the soft-gluon resolution scale and scale in the running coupling, on the theoretical accuracy of predictions in the low transverse momentum region of Drell-Yan spectra measured at the LHC.

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@article{arxiv.1910.12654,
  title  = {Angular ordering effects in TMD parton distribution functions and Drell-Yan $q_{\bot}$ spectra},
  author = {Aleksandra Lelek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.12654},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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