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We present results for the $Z$-boson and $W$-boson transverse momentum ($p_T$) distributions for large $p_T$ at LHC and Tevatron energies. We calculate complete next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD corrections as well as soft-gluon corrections…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 Nikolaos Kidonakis , Richard J. Gonsalves

We establish robust relations between Transverse Momentum Dependent distributions (TMDs) and collinear distributions. We define weighted integrals of TMDs that we call Transverse Momentum Moments (TMMs) and prove that TMMs are equal to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-27 Oscar del Rio , Alexei Prokudin , Ignazio Scimemi , Alexey Vladimirov

We investigate the collinear matching of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) distributions at large values of $x$, computing and resumming the leading large-$x$ asymptotics for matching coefficients. The large-$x$ resummation is done…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-30 Oscar del Rio , Alexei Prokudin , Ignazio Scimemi , Alexey Vladimirov

We study the transverse momentum distribution of hadrons within jets, where the transverse momentum is defined with respect to the standard jet axis. We consider the case where the jet substructure measurement is performed for an inclusive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-16 Zhong-Bo Kang , Xiaohui Liu , Felix Ringer , Hongxi Xing

The $N$-jettiness subtraction has proven to be an efficient method to perform differential QCD next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) calculations in the last few years. One important ingredient of this method is the NNLO soft function. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-03 Hai Tao Li , Jian Wang

We summarize the renormalization-group properties of transverse-momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions (PDF)s arguing that in the light-cone gauge the overlapping ultraviolet and rapidity divergences cannot be solely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-03 N. G. Stefanis , I. O. Cherednikov , A. I. Karanikas

We introduce a method to compute one-loop soft functions for exclusive $N$-jet processes at hadron colliders, allowing for different definitions of the algorithm that determines the jet regions and of the measurements in those regions. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-10-10 Daniele Bertolini , Daniel Kolodrubetz , Duff Neill , Piotr Pietrulewicz , Iain W. Stewart , Frank J. Tackmann , Wouter J. Waalewijn

We provide the proper definition of all the leading-twist (un)polarized gluon transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDPDFs), by considering the Higgs boson transverse momentum distribution in hadron-hadron collisions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-10 Miguel G. Echevarria , Tomas Kasemets , Piet J. Mulders , Cristian Pisano

We consider the structure of divergences in Drell-Yan process with small transverse momentum. The factorization proof is not trivial because various kinds of divergences are intertwined in the collinear and soft parts at high orders. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Junegone Chay , Chul Kim

The operator definition of generalised transverse-momentum-dependent (GTMD) distributions is exploited to compute for the first time the full set of one-loop corrections to the off-forward matching functions. These functions allow one to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-09 Valerio Bertone

We study resummation of transverse-momentum-related large logarithms generated from soft-gluon radiations in soft-collinear effective field theory. The anomalous dimensions of the effective quark and gluon currents, an important ingredient…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-04-05 Ahmad Idilbi , Xiangdong Ji , Feng Yuan

We study factorization in single transverse spin asymmetries for dijet production in proton-proton collisions, by considering soft gluon radiation at one-loop order. We show that the associated transverse momentum dependent (TMD)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-04 Xiaohui Liu , Felix Ringer , Werner Vogelsang , Feng Yuan

We study the unintegrated, or transverse momentum dependent (TMD) gluon distribution obtained from the best description of the LHC data on the inclusive spectra of hadrons produced in the mid-rapidity region and low transverse momenta at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-01-15 A. V. Lipatov , G. I. Lykasov , N. P. Zotov

The recent formulation of the factorization theorem for transverse momentum spectra in terms of well-defined transverse momentum dependent distributions (TMDs), allows for a better understanding of the role of the perturbative and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-13 Umberto D'Alesio , Miguel G. Echevarria , Stefano Melis , Ignazio Scimemi

The next-to-leading order hard function for quarkonium electroproduction is calculated within the framework of transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) factorization in the low-transverse-momentum regime. The structure of the TMD shape function…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-21 Miguel G. Echevarria , Raj Kishore , Samuel F. Romera

The back-to-back $J/\psi$ and $\pi$ associated production at $e^+ e^-$ colliders is proposed to detect the gluon transverse momentum dependent(TMD) fragmentation functions. TMD factorization is assumed for this process. With spinless pion,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-04-28 Guang-Peng Zhang

Event shape observables have been widely used for precision QCD studies at various lepton and hadron colliders. We present the most accurate calculation of the transverse-energy-energy correlation event shape variable in deep-inelastic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-02 Hai Tao Li , Ivan Vitev , Yu Jiao Zhu

The hadronization of a high-energy parton is described by fragmentation functions which are introduced through QCD factorizations. While the hadronization mechanism per se remains uknown, fragmentation functions can still be investigated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-07 Kai-Bao Chen , Tianbo Liu , Yu-Kun Song , Shu-Yi Wei

Finding an efficient and compelling regularization of soft and collinear degrees of freedom at the same invariant mass scale, but separated in rapidity is a persistent problem in high-energy factorization. In the course of a calculation,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-04-05 Ye Li , Duff Neill , Hua Xing Zhu

We present a short overview on transverse momentum dependent parton distribution and fragmentation functions, giving their partonic interpretation and ways to access them. We then discuss the issue of their universality and its connection…

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