Soft functions for generic jet algorithms and observables at hadron colliders
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Bertolini, Daniele; Pietrulewicz, Piotr; Tackmann, Frank J; Waalewijn, Wouter J; Stewart, Iain W.; Tackmann, Frank J.; Waalewijn, Wouter J.; Kolodrubetz, Daniel Walter; Neill, Duff Austin; Stewart, Iain W; ... Show more Show less
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We introduce a method to compute one-loop soft functions for exclusive N - jet processes at hadron colliders, allowing for different definitions of the algorithm that determines the jet regions and of the measurements in those regions. In particular, we generalize the N -jettiness hemisphere decomposition of ref. [1] in a manner that separates the dependence on the jet boundary from the observables measured inside the jet and beam regions. Results are given for several factorizable jet definitions, including anti-k[subscript T], XCone, and other geometric partitionings. We calculate explicitly the soft functions for angularity measurements, including jet mass and jet broadening, in pp → L + 1 jet and explore the differences for various jet vetoes and algorithms. This includes a consistent treatment of rapidity divergences when applicable. We also compute analytic results for these soft functions in an expansion for a small jet radius R. We find that the small-R results, including corrections up to O(R[superscript 2]), accurately capture the full behavior over a large range of R.
Date issued
2017-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Bertolini, Daniele et al. “Soft Functions for Generic Jet Algorithms and Observables at Hadron Colliders.” Journal of High Energy Physics 2017.7 (2017): n. pag.
Version: Final published version
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1029-8479
1126-6708