Transeverse-Momentum Subtraction for Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering
Abstract
Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering provides unique access to the three-dimensional momentum and spin structure of the proton, enabling precise studies of parton dynamics and hadronization in QCD. We present a transverse-momentum subtraction approach applied to the detected hadron that enables efficient and precise calculation of higher-order QCD corrections to identified hadron production in Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering. We demonstrate the success of the method through a next-to-next-to-leading order QCD calculation and provide fully differential phenomenological applications, which provide important ingredients for global analyses of fragmentation functions. Our method is applicable to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections for both unpolarized and polarized semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering.
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@article{arxiv.2602.06364,
title = {Transeverse-Momentum Subtraction for Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering},
author = {Jun Gao and Hai Tao Li and Hua Xing Zhu and Yu Jiao Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.06364},
year = {2026}
}
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8 pages, 4 figures