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Positivity bounds on double parton distributions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-15 v2

Abstract

Double hard scattering in proton-proton collisions is described in terms of double parton distributions. We derive bounds on these distributions that follow from their interpretation as probability densities, taking into account all possible spin correlations between two partons in an unpolarized proton. These bounds constrain the size of the polarized distributions and can for instance be used to set upper limits on the effects of spin correlations in double hard scattering. We investigate the stability of the bounds under leading-order DGLAP evolution to higher scales.

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@article{arxiv.1303.0842,
  title  = {Positivity bounds on double parton distributions},
  author = {Markus Diehl and Tomas Kasemets},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0842},
  year   = {2015}
}

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17 pages; v2: several clarifications added

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