Sudakov logarithm resummation for vector boson production at hadron colliders

Citation
A. Kulesza et Wj. Stirling, Sudakov logarithm resummation for vector boson production at hadron colliders, J PHYS G-NU, 26(5), 2000, pp. 637-642
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
09543899 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
637 - 642
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-3899(200005)26:5<637:SLRFVB>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A complete description of W and Z boson production at high-energy colliders requires the resummation of large Sudakov logarithms which dominate the pr oduction at small transverse momentum. Currently there are two techniques f or performing this resummation: impact parameter space and transverse momen tum space. We argue that the latter can be formulated in a way which retain s the advantages of the former, while at the same time allowing a smooth tr ansition to finite-order dominance at high transverse momentum.