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Resummation, Power Corrections and Prediction in Perturbative QCD

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

I give a pedagogical introduction to resummation and power corrections, using the thrust variable in electron-positron annihilation as an example, followed by an discussion of issues of predictability in perturbative QCD.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9806533,
  title  = {Resummation, Power Corrections and Prediction in Perturbative QCD},
  author = {George Sterman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9806533},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages. This preprint summarizes two presentations at QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions, XXXIIIrd Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, Savoie, France, 21-28 March, 1998