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Unpolarized quark and gluon TMD PDFs and FFs at N3LO

Authors :
Yu Jiao Zhu
Tong-Zhi Yang
Hua Xing Zhu
Mingxing Luo
University of Zurich
Zhu, Hua Xing
Source :
Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2021, Iss 6, Pp 1-45 (2021), Journal of High Energy Physics
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
SpringerOpen, 2021.

Abstract

In this paper we calculate analytically the perturbative matching coefficients for unpolarized quark and gluon Transverse-Momentum-Dependent (TMD) Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) and Fragmentation Functions (FFs) through Next-to-Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order (N$^3$LO) in QCD. The N$^3$LO TMD PDFs are calculated by solving a system of differential equation of Feynman and phase space integrals. The TMD FFs are obtained by analytic continuation from space-like quantities to time-like quantities, taking into account the probability interpretation of TMD PDFs and FFs properly. The coefficient functions for TMD FFs exhibit double logarithmic enhancement at small momentum fraction $z$. We resum such logarithmic terms to the third order in the expansion of $\alpha_s$. Our results constitute important ingredients for precision determination of TMD PDFs and FFs in current and future experiments.<br />Comment: references added

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10298479
Volume :
2021
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of High Energy Physics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....14965f599b7cabed0cbe39d54b3f20a1