Exclusive soft function for Drell-Yan at next-to-next-to-leading order

Ye Li*, Sonny Mantry, Frank Petriello

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Abstract

We present next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) results for an exclusive soft function that appears in a recently developed factorization theorem for transverse momentum distributions. The factorization theorem, derived using the Soft Collinear Effective Theory, involves both a soft function and unintegrated nucleon distribution functions fully differential in momentum coordinates. The soft function is given by the vacuum matrix element of soft Wilson lines and is also fully differential in all components. We give results and relevant technical details for the NNLO calculation of the soft function, including finite parts, and derive the corresponding anomalous dimension. These results are necessary for achieving low transverse momentum resummation at next-to-next-to-leading-logarithmic accuracy in this effective field theory approach with unintegrated distribution functions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number094014
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume84
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 11 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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