We compute the unpolarized quark and gluon transverse-momentum dependent fragmentation functions (TMDFFs) at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N3LO) in perturbative QCD. The calculation is based on a relation between the TMDFF and the limit of the semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering cross section where all final-state radiation becomes collinear to the detected hadron. The required cross section is obtained by analytically continuing our recent computation of the Drell-Yan and Higgs boson production cross section at N3LO expanded around the limit of all final-state radiation becoming collinear to one of the initial states. Our results agree with a recent independent calculation by Luo et al.
@article{arxiv.2012.07853,
title = {TMD Fragmentation Functions at N$^3$LO},
author = {Markus A. Ebert and Bernhard Mistlberger and Gherardo Vita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.07853},
year = {2021}
}