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Transverse momentum dependent distribution functions in the threshold limit

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-06-06 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We apply the joint threshold and transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization theorem to introduce new threshold-TMD distribution functions, including threshold-TMD parton distribution functions (PDFs) and fragmentation functions (FFs). We apply Soft-Collinear Effective Theory and renormalization group methods to carry out QCD evolution for both threshold-TMD PDFs and FFs. We show the universality of threshold-TMD functions among three standard processes, i.e. the Drell-Yan production in pppp collisions, semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and back-to-back two hadron production in e+ee^+e^- collisions. In the end, we present the numerical predictions for different threshold-TMD functions and also transverse momentum distributions at pppp, epep, and e+ee^+e^- collisions.

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@article{arxiv.2211.08341,
  title  = {Transverse momentum dependent distribution functions in the threshold limit},
  author = {Zhong-Bo Kang and Kajal Samanta and Ding Yu Shao and Yang-Li Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.08341},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

28 pages, 6 figures. Major update: A three-loop perturbative analysis has been added. Matches published version in JHEP

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