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Sudakov Logarithm Resummation for Vector Boson Production at Hadron Colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A complete description of W and Z boson production at high-energy colliders requires the resummation of large Sudakov logarithms which dominate the production at small transverse momentum. Currently there are two techniques for performing this resummation: impact parameter space and transverse momentum space. We argue that the latter can be formulated in a way which retains the advantages of the former, while at the same time allowing a smooth transition to finite order dominance at high transverse momentum.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9912300,
  title  = {Sudakov Logarithm Resummation for Vector Boson Production at Hadron Colliders},
  author = {Anna Kulesza and W. James Stirling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9912300},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

5 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures, epsfig, contribution to the proceedings of the UK Phenomenology Workshop on Collider Physics, 19-24 September 1999, Durham, to be published in J. Phys. G