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The Collinear Limit of the Energy-Energy Correlator

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The energy-energy-correlator (EEC) observable in $e^+e^-$ annihilation measures the energy deposited in two detectors as a function of the angle between the detectors. The collinear limit, where the angle between the two detectors approaches zero, is of particular interest for describing the substructure of jets produced at hadron colliders as well as in $e^+e^-$ annihilation. We derive a factorization formula for the leading power asymptotic behavior in the collinear limit of a generic quantum field theory, which allows for the resummation of logarithmically enhanced terms to all orders by renormalization group evolution. The relevant anomalous dimensions are expressed in terms of the timelike data of the theory, in particular the moments of the timelike splitting functions, which are known to high perturbative orders. We relate the small angle and back-to-back limits to each other via the total cross section and an integral over intermediate angles. This relation provides us with the initial conditions for quark and gluon jet functions at order $\alpha_s^2$. In QCD and in $\mathcal{N}=1$ super-Yang-Mills theory, we then perform the resummation to next-to-next-to-leading logarithm, improving previous calculations by two perturbative orders. We highlight the important role played by the non-vanishing $\beta$ function in these theories, which while subdominant for Higgs decays to gluons, dominates the behavior of the EEC in the collinear limit for $e^+e^-$ annihilation, and in $\mathcal{N}=1$ super-Yang-Mills theory. In conformally invariant $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory, reciprocity between timelike and spacelike evolution can be used to express our factorization formula as a power law with exponent equal to the spacelike twist-two spin-three anomalous dimensions, thus providing a connection between timelike and spacelike approaches.

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Energy-Energy Correlator from the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro Amplitude

hep-th · 2026-01-08 · unverdicted · novelty 8.0

A precise mapping from the world-sheet integral of the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude to the energy-energy correlator in strongly coupled N=4 SYM, with explicit flat-space and first curvature correction terms.

Hydrodynamics and Energy Correlators

hep-ph · 2026-04-23 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Energy-energy correlators in heavy-ion collisions exhibit classical hydrodynamic scaling from collective flow at large angles within the small-angle regime, collective modes at smaller angles, and light-ray OPE at even smaller angles.

Energy Correlators Resolving Proton Spin

hep-ph · 2025-09-22 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

The work establishes a correspondence between spin-dependent energy correlators and polarized TMDs/NECs using SCET, yielding N3LL/N2LL predictions for correlation patterns in current and target fragmentation regions.

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  • Energy-Energy Correlator from the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro Amplitude hep-th · 2026-01-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 17 · internal anchor

    A precise mapping from the world-sheet integral of the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude to the energy-energy correlator in strongly coupled N=4 SYM, with explicit flat-space and first curvature correction terms.

  • Properties and implications of the four-loop non-singlet splitting functions in QCD hep-ph · 2026-05-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 98

    Four-loop non-singlet QCD splitting functions are verified for consistency and used to finalize analytical forms for the gluon virtual anomalous dimension and N^4LL threshold resummation coefficients, revealing a new small-x logarithmic structure.

  • Hydrodynamics and Energy Correlators hep-ph · 2026-04-23 · unverdicted · none · ref 6

    Energy-energy correlators in heavy-ion collisions exhibit classical hydrodynamic scaling from collective flow at large angles within the small-angle regime, collective modes at smaller angles, and light-ray OPE at even smaller angles.

  • Operator structure of power corrections and anomalous scaling in energy correlators hep-ph · 2026-04-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 17

    Linear power corrections in energy correlators have a universal anomalous scaling because the dijet operator must be combined with a triple-jet component at one-loop order.

  • Energy Correlators Resolving Proton Spin hep-ph · 2025-09-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 72 · internal anchor

    The work establishes a correspondence between spin-dependent energy correlators and polarized TMDs/NECs using SCET, yielding N3LL/N2LL predictions for correlation patterns in current and target fragmentation regions.