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Two-loop anomalous dimensions of generic dijet soft functions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-03-28 v2

Abstract

We present compact integral representations for the calculation of two-loop anomalous dimensions for a generic class of soft functions that are defined in terms of two light-like Wilson lines. Our results are relevant for the resummation of Sudakov logarithms for e+ e- event-shape variables and inclusive hadron-collider observables at next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy within Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET). Our formalism applies to both SCET-1 and SCET-2 soft functions and we clarify the relation between the respective soft anomalous dimension and the collinear anomaly exponent. We confirm existing two-loop results for about a dozen dijet soft functions and obtain new predictions for the angularity event shape and the soft-drop jet-grooming algorithm.

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@article{arxiv.1805.12414,
  title  = {Two-loop anomalous dimensions of generic dijet soft functions},
  author = {Guido Bell and Rudi Rahn and Jim Talbert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.12414},
  year   = {2019}
}

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23 pages, 3 figures. Published version

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