1. Large $\mathrm{p_\perp}$ heavy quark production in two photon collisions
- Author
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Cacciari, M., Greco, Mario, Kniehl, Bernd A., Kramer, M., Kramer, G., and Spira, M.
- Subjects
photoproduction [quark] ,two-photon [exchange] ,transverse momentum: high ,fragmentation function ,interaction [photon photon] ,high [transverse momentum] ,photon photon: interaction ,photoproduction: quark ,backscatter [laser] ,quark: charm ,charm [quark] ,spectrum: transverse momentum ,quantum chromodynamics ,500 GeV-cms (electron positron) [175] ,ddc:530 ,inclusive reaction [electron positron] ,numerical calculations ,exchange: two-photon ,175: 500 GeV-cms (electron positron) ,photon photon [interaction] ,perturbation theory: higher-order ,electron positron: inclusive reaction ,backscatter: laser ,transverse momentum [spectrum] ,quark: photoproduction ,laser: backscatter ,higher-order [perturbation theory] ,equivalent photon approximation ,interaction: photon photon ,rapidity spectrum ,quark [photoproduction] ,transverse momentum: spectrum ,two-photon: exchange ,spectrum [transverse momentum] ,laser [backscatter] ,exchange [two-photon] - Abstract
17 pp. (1996)., The next-to-leading-order (NLO) cross section for the production of heavy quarks at large transverse momenta ( p ⊥ in γγ collisions is calculated with perturbative fragmentation functions (PFFs). This approach allows for a resummation of terms ∝ α s ln( p 2 ⊥ / m 2 ) which arise in NLO from collinear emission of gluons by heavy quarks at large p ⊥ or from almost collinear branching of photons or gluons into heavy-quark pairs. We present single-inclusive distributions in p ⊥ and rapidity including direct and resolved photons for γγ production of heavy quarks at e + e − colliders and at high-energy γγ colliders. The results are compared with the fixed-order calculation for m finite including QCD radiative corrections. The two approaches differ in the definitions and relative contributions of the direct and resolved terms, but essentially agree in their sum. The resummation of the α s ln( p 2 ⊥ / m 2 ) terms in the PFF approach leads to a softer p ⊥ distribution and to a reduced sensitivity to the choice of the renormalization and factorization scales.
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- 1996