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Fragmentation Functions Beyond Fixed Order Accuracy
We give a detailed account of the phenomenology of all-order resummations of
logarithmically enhanced contributions at small momentum fraction of the
observed hadron in semi-inclusive electron-positron annihilation and the
time-like scale evolution of parton-to-hadron fragmentation functions. The
formalism to perform resummations in Mellin moment space is briefly reviewed,
and all relevant expressions up to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic order
are derived, including their explicit dependence on the factorization and
renormalization scales. We discuss the details pertinent to a proper numerical
implementation of the resummed results comprising an iterative solution to the
time-like evolution equations, the matching to known fixed-order expressions,
and the choice of the contour in the Mellin inverse transformation. First
extractions of parton-to-pion fragmentation functions from semi-inclusive
annihilation data are performed at different logarithmic orders of the
resummations in order to estimate their phenomenological relevance. To this
end, we compare our results to corresponding fits up to fixed,
next-to-next-to-leading order accuracy and study the residual dependence on the
factorization scale in each case.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figure
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to single-inclusive hadron production in transversely polarized p-p and pbar-p collisions
We present a calculation of the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the
partonic cross sections contributing to single-inclusive high-p_T hadron
production in collisions of transversely polarized hadrons. We use a recently
developed projection technique for treating the phase space integrals in the
presence of the cos(2Phi) azimuthal-angular dependence associated with
transverse polarization. Our phenomenological results show that the double-spin
asymmetry A_TT^pi for neutral-pion production is expected to be very small for
polarized pp scattering at RHIC and could be much larger for the proposed
experiments with an asymmetric pbar-p collider at the GSIComment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Using hadron-in-jet data in a global analysis of fragmentation functions
We present a novel global QCD analysis of charged -meson fragmentation
functions at next-to-leading order accuracy. This is achieved by making use of
the available data for single-inclusive -meson production in
electron-positron annihilation, hadron-hadron collisions, and, for the first
time, in-jet fragmentation in proton-proton scattering. It is shown how to
include all relevant processes efficiently and without approximations within
the Mellin moment technique, specifically for the in-jet fragmentation cross
section. The presented technical framework is generic and can be
straightforwardly applied to future analyses of fragmentation functions for
other hadron species, as soon as more in-jet fragmentation data become
available. We choose to work within the Zero Mass Variable Flavor Number Scheme
which is applicable for sufficiently high energies and transverse momenta. The
obtained optimum set of parton-to- fragmentation functions is
accompanied by Hessian uncertainty sets which allow one to propagate
hadronization uncertainties to other processes of interest.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figure
Exploring the polarization of gluons in the nucleon
We give an overview of the current status of investigations of the
polarization of gluons in the nucleon. We describe some of the physics of the
spin-dependent gluon parton distribution and its phenomenology in high-energy
polarized hadronic scattering. We also review the recent experimental results.Comment: 10 pages, 13 figures. Talk presented at the "Second Meeting of the
APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics", Nashville, Tennessee, October 22-24,
2006. Reference adde
Longitudinally Polarized Photoproduction of Inclusive Hadrons Beyond the Leading Order
We present a complete next-to-leading order QCD calculation for
single-inclusive large-pT hadron production in longitudinally polarized
lepton-nucleon collisions, consistently including ``direct'' and ``resolved''
photon contributions. This process could be studied experimentally at a future
polarized lepton-proton collider like eRHIC at BNL. We examine the sensitivity
of such measurements to the so far completely unknown parton content of
circularly polarized photons.Comment: 15 pages, 7 eps figure
Nuclear PDFs
We present the latest global QCD analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions. The emerging picture is one of consistency, with universal nuclear modification factors reproducing the main features of the data. Differences with
previous analyses are addressed
Global Analysis of Fragmentation Functions for Eta Mesons
Fragmentation functions for eta mesons are extracted at next-to-leading order
accuracy of QCD in a global analysis of data taken in electron-positron
annihilation and proton-proton scattering experiments. The obtained
parametrization is in good agreement with all data sets analyzed and can be
utilized, for instance, in future studies of double-spin asymmetries for
single-inclusive eta production. The Lagrange multiplier technique is used to
estimate the uncertainties of the fragmentation functions and to assess the
role of the different data sets in constraining them.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, updated reference
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