117 research outputs found
Symmetry of anomalous dimension matrices explained
In a previous paper, one of us pointed out that the anomalous dimension
matrices for all physical processes that have been calculated to date are
complex symmetric, if stated in an orthonormal basis. In this paper we prove
this fact and show that it is only true in a subset of all possible orthonormal
bases, but that this subset is the natural one to use for physical
calculations.Comment: 4 page
Color evolution of 2 -> 3 processes
The color structure needed for resummation of all colored 2 -> 3 processes is
calculated using multiplet inspired s-channel bases. In this way the resulting
matrices, describing the color structure, are guaranteed to obey simplifying
symmetries.Comment: 25 page
Color structure for soft gluon resummation - a general recipe
A strategy for calculating the color structure needed for soft gluon
resummation for processes with any number of colored partons is introduced
using a N_c --> infinity inspired basis. In this basis a general formalism can
be found at the same time as the calculations are simplified.
The advantages are illustrated by recalculating the soft anomalous dimension
matrix for the processes gg --> gg, q\qbar --> q \qbar g and q\qbar --> ggg.Comment: 16 page
The Dipole Formalism for the Calculation of QCD Jet Cross Sections at Next-to-Leading Order
In order to make quantitative predictions for jet cross sections in
perturbative QCD, it is essential to calculate them to next-to-leading
accuracy. This has traditionally been an extremely laborious process. Using a
new formalism, imaginatively called the dipole formalism, we are able to
construct a completely general algorithm for next-to-leading order calculations
of arbitrary jet quantities in arbitrary processes. In this paper we present
the basic ideas behind the algorithm and illustrate them with a simple example.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures. A postscript version of this paper can be
obtained from http://surya11.cern.ch/users/seymour/pubs/nlolett.ps.Z .
Reposted version corrects several misprint
Soft gluons and superleading logarithms in QCD
After a brief introduction to the physics of soft gluons in QCD we present a
surprising prediction. Dijet production in hadron-hadron collisions provides
the paradigm, i.e. h_1 +h_2 \to jj+X. In particular, we look at the case where
there is a restriction placed on the emission of any further jets in the region
in between the primary (highest p_T) dijets. Logarithms in the ratio of the jet
scale to the veto scale can be summed to all orders in the strong coupling.
Surprisingly, factorization of collinear emissions fails at scales above the
veto scale and triggers the appearance of double logarithms in the hard
sub-process. The effect appears first at fourth order relative to the leading
order prediction and is subleading in the number of colours.Comment: Talk presented at the workshop "New Trends in HERA Physics", Ringberg
Castle, Tegernsee, 5-10 October 200
Correcting the Colour-Dipole Cascade Model with Fixed Order Matrix Elements
An algorithm is presented in which the Colour-Dipole Cascade Model as
implemented in the Ariadne program is corrected to match the fixed order
tree-level matrix elements for e+e- -> n jets. The result is a full parton
level generator for e+e- annihilation where the generated states are correct on
tree-level to fixed order in alpha_S and to all orders with modified leading
logarithmic (MLLA) accuracy. In this paper, matrix elements are used up to
second order in alpha_S, but the scheme is applicable also for higher orders.
An improvement to also include exact virtual corrections to fixed order is
suggested and the possibility to extend the scheme to hadronic collisions is
discussed
Herwig++ 2.1 Release Note
A new release of the Monte Carlo program Herwig++ (version 2.1) is now available. This version includes a number of significant improvements including: an eikonal multiple parton-parton scattering model of the underlying event; the inclusion of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics; and a new hadronic decay model tuned to LEP data. This version of the program is now fully ready for the simulation of events in hadron-hadron collisions
Factorization constraints for soft anomalous dimensions in QCD scattering amplitudes
We study the factorization of soft and collinear singularities in
dimensionally-regularized fixed-angle scattering amplitudes in massless gauge
theories. Our factorization is based on replacing the hard massless partons by
light-like Wilson lines, and defining gauge-invariant jet and soft functions in
dimensional regularization. In this scheme the factorized amplitude admits a
powerful symmetry: it is invariant under rescaling of individual Wilson-line
velocities. This symmetry is broken by cusp singularities in both the soft and
the eikonal jet functions. We show that the cancellation of these cusp
anomalies in any multi-leg amplitude imposes all-order constraints on the
kinematic dependence of the corresponding soft anomalous dimension, relating it
to the cusp anomalous dimension. For amplitudes with two or three hard partons
the solution is unique: the constraints fully determine the kinematic
dependence of the soft function. For amplitudes with four or more hard partons
we present a minimal solution where the soft anomalous dimension is a sum over
colour dipoles, multiplied by the cusp anomalous dimension. In this case
additional contributions to the soft anomalous dimension at three loops or
beyond are not excluded, but they are constrained to be functions of conformal
cross ratios of kinematic variables.Comment: v1: 35 pages, v2: minor changes - some clarifying remarks and
references added. Journal version (to appear in JHEP
Soft gluons in Higgs plus two jet production
We investigate the effects of an all order QCD resummation of soft gluon
emissions for Higgs boson production in association with two hard jets. We
consider both the gluon-gluon fusion and weak boson fusion processes and show
how to resum a large part of the leading logarithms in the jet veto scale. Our
resummation improves on previous analyses which also aim to include the effects
of multiple soft gluon radiation. In addition we calculate the interference
between weak boson fusion and gluon-gluon fusion and find that it is small.Comment: 15 pages and 5 figure
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