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Unification of the $k_T$ and threshold resummations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We derive a resummation formula for a kTk_T-dependent parton distribution function at threshold, where kTk_T is a parton transverse momentum. The derivation requires infrared cutoffs for both longitudinal and transverse loop momenta as evaluating soft gluon emissions in the Collins-Soper resummation framework. This unified resummation exhibits suppression at large bb, bb being the conjugate variable of kTk_T, which is similar to the kTk_T resummation, and exhibits enhancement at small bb, similar to the threshold resummation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9812363,
  title  = {Unification of the $k_T$ and threshold resummations},
  author = {Hsiang-nan Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9812363},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages in latex, 1 figure in postscript