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Approximate Next-to-Leading Order and Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order Corrections

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

For processes involving structure functions and/or fragmentation functions, arguments that, over a range of a proper kinematic variable, there is a part that dominates the next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections are briefly reviewed. The arguments are tested against more recent NLO and in particular complete next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) calculations. A critical examination of when these arguments may not be useful is also presented.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0205236,
  title  = {Approximate Next-to-Leading Order and Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order Corrections},
  author = {A. P. Contogouris and Z. Merebashvili},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0205236},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages and 4 figures