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An Effective Field Theory Look at Deep Inelastic Scattering
This talk discusses the effective field theory view of deep inelastic
scattering. In such an approach, the standard factorization formula of a hard
coefficient multiplied by a parton distribution function arises from matching
of QCD onto an effective field theory. The DGLAP equations can then be viewed
as the standard renormalization group equations that determines the cut-off
dependence of the non-local operator whose forward matrix element is the parton
distribution function. As an example, the non-singlet quark splitting functions
is derived directly from the renormalization properties of the non-local
operator itself. This approach, although discussed in the literature, does not
appear to be well known to the larger high energy community. In this talk we
give a pedagogical introduction to this subject.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure, To appear in Modern Physics Letters
Reconstructing parton densities at large fractional momenta
Parton distribution functions (PDFs) are nonperturbative objects defined by
nonlocal light-cone correlations. They cannot be computed directly from Quantum
Chromodynamics (QCD). Using a standard lattice QCD approach, it is possible to
compute moments of PDFs, which are matrix elements of local operators.
Recently, an alternative approach has been proposed, based on the introduction
of quasi-parton distribution functions (quasi-PDFs), which are matrix elements
of equal-time spatial correlations and hence calculable on lattice. Quasi-PDFs
approach standard PDFs in the limit of very large longitudinal proton momenta
. This limit is not attainable in lattice simulations, and quasi-PDFs fail
to reproduce PDFs at high fractional longitudinal momenta. In this paper, we
propose a method to improve the reconstruction of PDFs by combining information
from quasi-PDFs and from the Mellin moments of regular PDFs. We test our method
using the diquark spectator model for up and down valence distributions of both
unpolarized and helicity PDFs. In the future, the method can be used to produce
PDFs entirely based on lattice QCD results.Comment: 12 pages, 7 double-panel figures in pdf, RevTeX4-
Matching NLO QCD with parton shower in Monte Carlo scheme - the KrkNLO method
A new method of including the complete NLO QCD corrections to hard processes
in the LO parton-shower Monte Carlo (PSMC) is presented. This method, called
KrkNLO, requires the use of parton distribution functions in a dedicated Monte
Carlo factorization scheme, which is also discussed in this paper. In the
future, it may simplify introduction of the NNLO corrections to hard processes
and the NLO corrections to PSMC. Details of the method and numerical examples
of its practical implementation, as well as comparisons with other
calculations, such as MCFM, MC@NLO, POWHEG, for single -boson
production at the LHC, are presented.Comment: 50 pages, 14 figures. Version published in JHEP: added a comparison
of krkNLO results and the fixed-order NNLO result from the DYNNLO program and
addressed several points raised by the refere
Recent results from HERA and their impact for LHC
Recent measurements of inclusive and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering
in electron-proton collisions at HERA are reviewed. These measurements are used
to determine the parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton, a
necessary input to theory predictions for hadron colliders. An introduction to
the PDF determination with an emphasis on HERA PDFs is presented. Theory
predictions based on HERAPDF are compared to a selection of recent LHC and
Tevatron measurements. The impact of jet and charm production measurements on
the PDFs is discussed.Comment: Presented at the 2011 Hadron Collider Physics symposium (HCP-2011),
Paris, France, November 14-18 2011, 6 pages, 13 figure
Charm Production in Deep Inelastic Scattering from Threshold to High $Q^{2}
Charm final states in deep inelastic scattering constitute of the
inclusive cross-section at small as measured at HERA. These data can reveal
important information on the charm and gluon structure of the nucleon if they
are interpreted in a consistent perturbative QCD framework which is valid over
the entire energy range from threshold to the high energy limit. We describe in
detail how this can be carried out order-by-order in PQCD in the generalized
\msbar formalism of Collins (generally known as the ACOT approach), and
demonstrate the inherent smooth transition from the 3-flavor to the 4-flavor
scheme in a complete order calculation, using a Monte Carlo
implementation of this formalism. This calculation is accurate to the same
order as the conventional NLO calculation in the limit . It includes the resummed large logarithm contributions of the 3-flavor
scheme (generally known in this context as the fixed-flavor-number or FFN
scheme) to all orders of . For the inclusive structure
function, comparison with recent HERA data and the existing FFN calculation
reveals that the relatively simple order- (NLO) 4-flavor () calculation can, in practice, be extended to rather low energy scales,
yielding good agreement with data over the full measured range. The Monte
Carlo implementation also allows the calculation of differential distributions
with relevant kinematic cuts. Comparisons with available HERA data show
qualitative agreement; however, they also indicate the need to extend the
calculation to the next order to obtain better description of the differential
distributions.Comment: 22 pages (LATEX), 8 figures (EPS); A few clarifying changes made;
version published in JHE
Charm quark and D^* cross sections in deeply inelastic scattering at DESY HERA
A next-to-leading order Monte Carlo program for the calculation of heavy
quark cross sections in deeply inelastic scattering is described. Concentrating
on charm quark and D^*(2010) production at HERA, several distributions are
presented and their variation with respect to charm quark mass, parton
distribution set, and renormalization-factorization scale is studied.Comment: 15 pages including 8 figures. Uses Latex, Revtex, and psfig.
References added - others updated. Several sentences/words added for clarity.
Results/conclusions unchanged. To appear in Phys. Rev.
A parton picture of de Sitter space during slow-roll inflation
It is well-known that expectation values in de Sitter space are afflicted by
infra-red divergences. Long ago, Starobinsky proposed that infra-red effects in
de Sitter space could be accommodated by evolving the long-wavelength part of
the field according to the classical field equations plus a stochastic source
term. I argue that--when quantum-mechanical loop corrections are taken into
account--the separate-universe picture of superhorizon evolution in de Sitter
space is equivalent, in a certain leading-logarithm approximation, to
Starobinsky's stochastic approach. In particular, the time evolution of a box
of de Sitter space can be understood in exact analogy with the DGLAP evolution
of partons within a hadron, which describes a slow logarithmic evolution in the
distribution of the hadron's constituent partons with the energy scale at which
they are probed.Comment: 36 pages; uses iopart.cls and feynmp.sty. v2: Minor typos corrected.
Matches version published in JCA
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