Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: We compute the inclusive unpolarized dihadron production cross section in the far from back-to-back region of ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ annihilation in leading order pQCD using existing fragmentation function fits and standard collinear factorization, focusing on the large transverse momentum region where transverse momentum is comparable to the hard scale (the center-of-mass energy). We compare with standard transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) fragmentation function-based predictions intended for the small transverse momentum region with the aim of testing the expectation that the two types of calculation roughly coincide at intermediate transverse momentum. We find significant tension, within the intermediate transverse momentum region, between calculations done with existing nonperturbative TMD fragmentation functions and collinear factorization calculations if the center-of-mass energy is not extremely large. We argue that ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ measurements are ideal for resolving this tension and exploring the large-to-small transverse momentum transition, given the typically larger hard scales ($\ensuremath{\gtrsim}10\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$) of the process as compared with similar scenarios that arise in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering and fixed-target Drell-Yan measurements.
Authors: E. Moffat, T. C. Rogers, N. Sato, A. Signori
Language: Latvian
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: G102163711, G1505794299, G161076507, G1728142190, G1760870335, G1848180026, G2101401529, G2263355576, G2287611682, G262962599, G2896472831, G2988778103, FUNDAMENTAL QCD THEORY AND TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM DEPENDENT PHYSICS, Strategies to tackle the Quest for Hadronization, G498139845, G5106849484, G5340680269, G6256534168, G6427981414, G6564173845, G6674091005, G6848031779, G6918803902, G7368700025, Strategies to tackle the Quest for Hadronization, G7520763071, G8462202600, G969889393, G993149817
OpenAlex ID: W2971982918