Hybrid kT-factorization and impact factors at NLO
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2022-11-30 v3
Abstract
In the hybrid kT-factorization formula, one initial-state parton momentum is space-like and carries non-vanishing transverse components, while the other is on-shell. We promote this factorization formula to next-to-leading order. Studying the partonic cross section, we identify all soft and collinear divergencies in the real and virtual contribution, and recognize that all non-cancelling ones can be attributed to PDF evolution, evolution kernel, and target impact factors. In result, we construct a framework that may be used to compute NLO impact factors in general. In particular, we recover known expressions for inclusive NLO quark-and gluon impact factor corrections.
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@article{arxiv.2205.09585,
title = {Hybrid kT-factorization and impact factors at NLO},
author = {Andreas van Hameren and Leszek Motyka and Grzegorz Ziarko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09585},
year = {2022}
}
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57 pages