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Non-perturbative contributions to vector-boson transverse momentum spectra in hadronic collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-06-24 v1

Abstract

Experimental measurements of Drell-Yan (DY) vector-boson production are available from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and from lower-energy collider and fixed-target experiments. In the region of low vector-boson transverse momenta qTq_T, which is important for the extraction of the WW-boson mass at the LHC, QCD contributions from non-perturbative Sudakov form factors and intrinsic transverse momentum distributions become relevant. We study the potential for determining such contributions from fits to LHC and lower-energy experimental data, using the framework of low-qTq_T factorization for DY differential cross sections in terms of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) distribution functions. We investigate correlations between different sources of TMD non-perturbative effects, and correlations with collinear parton distributions. We stress the relevance of accurate DY measurements at low masses and with fine binning in transverse momentum for improved determinations of long-distance contributions to Sudakov evolution processes and TMDs.

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@article{arxiv.2002.12810,
  title  = {Non-perturbative contributions to vector-boson transverse momentum spectra in hadronic collisions},
  author = {Francesco Hautmann and Ignazio Scimemi and Alexey Vladimirov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.12810},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures