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Drell-Yan Transverse-Momentum Spectra at N$^3$LL$'$ and Approximate N$^4$LL with SCETlib

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Pith's one-line read This paper claims that the full LHC W and Z transverse-momentum spectra can now be predicted from QCD with percent-level perturbative uncertainties, and that a single effective function captures all nonperturbative TMD effects for each…

desk verdict Serious, careful N3LL' precision phenomenology with a genuinely new effective-function result; the ported O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular is a quantified approximation, not a hidden flaw, and the paper deserves refereeing. read the letter →

arxiv 2411.16004 v2 pith:JE72QOBO submitted 2024-11-24 hep-ph

Georgios Billis , Johannes K. L. Michel , Frank J. Tackmann This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords Drell-YantransversemomentumspectrumSudakovresummationTMDfactorizationCollins-Soperkernelnonperturbativemodelpartondistributionfunctionsfiducialcuts
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The reading

This paper aims to show that the transverse-momentum spectra of W and Z bosons at the LHC can now be described end to end by QCD perturbation theory, from the nonperturbative few-GeV region to the fixed-order tail, with residual perturbative uncertainties near the percent level. The authors build resummed predictions at N$^3$LL$'$ and approximate N$^4$LL order, matched to the available $O(\alpha_s^3)$ fixed-order results, and they include a comprehensive account of uncertainties from scale choices, matching, $\alpha_s$, PDFs, and nonperturbative TMD effects. They also claim that for a single resonantly produced vector boson at a given collider, all the flavor and Bjorken-$x$ complexity of nonperturbative TMD physics collapses into one effective function of the transverse distance $b_T$, which simplifies both phenomenology and the interpretation of single-process fits. If these claims hold, the predictions give the most complete available theoretical description of the Drell-Yan $p_T$ spectrum, and the cumulative $p_T^Z$ cross section becomes a competitive new input for N$^3$LO parton distribution functions.

What carries the argument

The machinery is the $b_T$-space factorization theorem for $q_T$ spectra, which splits the cross section into hard, beam, and soft functions whose renormalization-group and rapidity evolutions resum the Sudakov logarithms, together with additive matching to the fixed-order nonsingular cross section through hybrid profile scales that interpolate between the canonical $b_T$ scales and the fixed-order scales. The new organizing object is the effective nonperturbative function $F^{\rm np}(\Theta, b_T)$, defined as a flavor-, $x$-, and rapidity-averaged ratio of TMD boundary terms against perturbative weights, which captures all leading nonperturbative TMD effects in a single one-dimensional function for fiducial $q_T$ spectra. Around it, the paper also introduces a two-parameter model for the $O(\alpha_s^3)$ nonsingular cross section fitted to existing Z+jet fixed-order data and ported to W production.

What would settle it

Compute the $O(\alpha_s^3)$ nonsingular Z+jet cross section differentially in $q_T$ from 8 to 65 GeV with a fully independent NNLO calculation and compare it to the fitted $f_{\rm nons}$ model scaled by the NLO cross section; a deviation exceeding the red uncertainty band in figure 3 would invalidate the matching. Alternatively, measure the cumulative fiducial $p_T^Z$ cross section at $q_T^{\rm max}$ between 20 and 30 GeV with a total uncertainty below 0.3%; if the aN$^3$LO-PDF prediction misses the measured value by more than the combined uncertainty, the claimed PDF-constraining power is falsified.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central discovery is a consistent, state-of-the-art prediction framework: the fiducial W and Z $p_T$ spectra are computed at N$^3$LL$'$ and approximate N$^4$LL resummed accuracy matched to $O(\alpha_s^3)$ fixed order, with all known perturbative ingredients at four and five loops where needed, and with a quantitative uncertainty budget that decomposes resummation, fixed-order, DGLAP, matching, and recoil-scheme uncertainties. A second, conceptual result is that the complicated flavor- and $x$-dependent nonperturbative TMD boundary conditions reduce, for any single resonant vector boson at a fixed collider, to a single effective function of $b_T$ (or of $b_T$ and rapidity if the rapidity is resolved), formally generalizing earlier leading-power averaging results. The paper further establishes that NNLO PDF sets systematically overshoot the measured $p_T^Z$ spectrum in the intermediate region, while approximate N$^3$LO PDF sets remove most of this discrepancy, and that the additional N$^4$LL Sudakov effects beyond N$^3$LL$'$ are numerically marginal.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that the true $O(\alpha_s^3)$ nonsingular cross section, which is too expensive to compute for every process and fiducial set, is well represented by the two-parameter logarithmic model fitted to Z+jet data above 8 GeV and then reused for W production and other cuts; if that model is wrong at the level of the quoted uncertainties, the matched spectra and cumulative cross sections shift beyond what the bands show.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Fiducial Z and W $p_T$ spectra can be predicted with roughly one-percent perturbative uncertainty in the 5-30 GeV range, with uncertainties carefully split into resummation, fixed-order, DGLAP, matching, and recoil components.
  • The comparison with LHC data shows that NNLO PDF sets overshoot the intermediate-$q_T$ spectrum by a few percent and that approximate N$^3$LO PDF sets resolve most of the discrepancy, implying the spectrum carries real three-loop PDF information.
  • The cumulative fiducial $p_T^Z$ cross section is predicted at sub-percent perturbative accuracy and is nearly free of nonperturbative TMD effects for $q_T^{\rm max}$ above about 20-25 GeV, making it a clean constraint for full N$^3$LO PDF fits.
  • For single-boson analyses such as an $m_W$ extraction, all relevant nonperturbative TMD effects can be varied with a single effective parameter (or a single function of rapidity), decoupling the analysis from detailed flavor assumptions.
  • The extra N$^4$LL Sudakov terms change the prediction by less than about 0.5% relative to N$^3$LL$'$ with the same aN$^3$LO PDFs, so the practical gain of N$^4$LL is currently small.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The effective-function reduction should carry over to other color-singlet processes that use the same factorization, such as fiducial Higgs $p_T$ spectra, where an analogous one-function model could simplify nonperturbative uncertainties.
  • If the cumulative $p_T^Z$ cross section is included in a global PDF fit at aN$^3$LO, the small nonsingular pieces can be held fixed at a reference PDF set while propagating the PDF through the resummed cross section, giving an inexpensive but genuinely three-loop-accurate fitting template; this strategy is implicit in the paper's discussion and looks testable.
  • The spread of lattice QCD determinations of the Collins-Soper kernel at large $b_T$ could be used as an external prior in the effective model, turning the illustrative parameter variations into a quantitative constraint; the paper leaves that step to future work.
  • The observed preference of the data for weaker nonperturbative effects at low $q_T$ and for aN$^3$LO PDFs in the tail suggests that a combined fit of $\alpha_s$, PDFs, and the effective nonperturbative parameter to the $p_T^Z$ spectrum could resolve the current mild discrepancies, but such a fit is not performed here.
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Referee Report

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Summary. This manuscript presents resummed and matched predictions for the transverse-momentum spectra of Z and W bosons in fiducial LHC phase space at N3LL' and approximate N4LL accuracy, as implemented in SCETlib. It develops an effective-function reduction of nonperturbative TMD physics, gives a detailed five-component perturbative uncertainty estimate (resummation, fixed-order, DGLAP, matching, and recoil), compares with ATLAS and CMS 13 TeV data, and proposes the cumulative fiducial pT^Z cross section as a constraint for approximate N3LO PDF determinations. The highest-order matched predictions use an approximate O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular cross section modeled from NNLOjet Z+jet data, which is then ported to W production and other fiducial cuts.

Significance. If the claims hold, this is among the most complete descriptions of the Drell-Yan pT spectrum currently available, combining a rigorous treatment of fiducial power corrections with a transparent and unusually comprehensive perturbative uncertainty budget. The paper provides concrete evidence of perturbative convergence, fixed-order recovery, and a novel effective description of nonperturbative TMD effects. The main caveat is that the headline accuracy claim rests in part on an approximate and ported O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular model, so the advertised 'matching to available O(alpha_s^3) fixed-order results' needs to be either strengthened or explicitly delimited.

major comments (3)
  1. [2.4, Eqs. (2.23)-(2.26)] The O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular cross section is obtained by fitting the two-parameter model fnons(qT) to NNLOjet Z+jet data for the ATLAS 13 TeV cuts only, with the coefficient set to zero below q*_T = 8 GeV using the cancellation in Eq. (2.25). The same fnons is then applied to W+- production and to CMS Z fiducial cuts, with the fit uncertainty scaled by factors of 3 and 10. The manuscript does not provide a calculation or independent validation that the shape of fnons, or the vanishing of the sub-q*_T integral, holds for these other processes and fiducial acceptances. Because this approximate coefficient enters the matched spectra at qT above about 20 GeV and contributes to the total normalization used in Section 5, the quoted approximation uncertainty from the c1 and c2 fit errors does not cover the systematic uncertainty of the portability assumption. Please either validate the ported model with independent O(alpha_s^3) or high-statistics data in the relevant qT range, or quantify and propagate a portability uncertainty, and adjust the abstract's phrasing about matching to available O(alpha_s^3) fixed-order results accordingly.
  2. [5, Figs. 14-16] The claim that the cumulative pT^Z cross section provides strong N3LO PDF constraining power relies on the total normalization being controlled at the sub-percent level. However, the cumulative cross section at qmax_T = 20-30 GeV integrates over the region qT < 8 GeV, where the O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular is set to zero using the ATLAS-Z cancellation of Eq. (2.25). That cancellation is not established for the CMS fiducial acceptance used in the data comparison in Fig. 14, and any bias from this model assumption enters the cumulative prediction directly. Please assess the sensitivity of the cumulative cross section to alternative assumptions for the sub-q*_T nonsingular and include that variation in the quoted uncertainty.
  3. [4.2, Eqs. (3.9), (3.28)-(3.29)] The central values of the nonperturbative TMD parameters (c_nu, omega_nu,q and Omega_V) are chosen for illustration and are not fitted to data. The comparison in Fig. 8 shows residual differences in the first few bins that vary with these parameters and are not covered by the perturbative band. Since the paper's stated scope includes the nonperturbative region qT ~ Lambda_QCD, the quoted perturbative uncertainties do not represent the full model uncertainty of the low-qT predictions. The paper should either profile or fit these parameters against the data shown, or state more prominently in the abstract and conclusions that the central predictions below about qT = 10 GeV are illustrative and conditional on an unconstrained model choice.
minor comments (4)
  1. [4.1, Eq. (4.17)] The envelope in Eq. (4.17) is labeled Delta_match, but it is the recoil uncertainty and should be labeled Delta_recoil to be consistent with Eq. (4.18).
  2. [4.1, Eq. (4.16)] The two elements of V_recoil are typeset as {GJ, GJ} and are visually indistinguishable; please use an explicit overline or subscript to distinguish the anti-Gottfried-Jackson frame from the Gottfried-Jackson frame in the text and in Eq. (4.16).
  3. [Figure 17 caption] The word 'conributing' in the caption of Figure 17 should be 'contributing'.
  4. [2.4, around Eq. (2.26)] The optimal fit window is given as 8 GeV <= qT <= 77.5 GeV, while the reported predictions are restricted to qT <= 65 GeV (Z) and qT <= 60 GeV (W); a sentence explaining why the fit extends beyond the prediction range would be helpful.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the central spectra predictions rest on independently computed ingredients and are checked against external data; the only definitional identity (effective TMD averaging) is explicitly labeled as such and is not used to fit constants.

full rationale

The paper's central numerical results are not circular. The N3LL'/aN4LL resummed spectra are obtained from factorization ingredients (hard functions, anomalous dimensions, TMD matching coefficients) that are computed independently or taken from the literature, and the predictions are benchmarked against external ATLAS and CMS data. The nonperturbative parameters (c_nu, omega_nu,q, Omega_V) are illustrative variations, not fitted to the displayed spectra. The O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular is modeled by the two-parameter fit f_nons in eq. (2.23) to NNLOjet Z+jet data; porting it to W and to CMS cuts is an approximation whose uncertainty is scaled (factor 3/10) and openly discussed, but that is an accuracy limitation rather than a circular reduction, since the target pT spectra are not used to determine the model. The one definitional element is the effective nonperturbative function in section 3.3: F_np is defined in eq. (3.13) as the weighted average of the underlying flavor/x-dependent functions, and inserting it into eq. (3.11) gives eq. (3.14) identically. The authors explicitly call this 'by construction'; it is a bookkeeping identity that reorganizes the factorization, not a fitted quantity renamed as a prediction. Self-citations to refs. [22,127,139,152] supply factorization, evolution, and effective-model ingredients, but they have independent calculational content and no uniqueness theorem is imported to force the chosen framework. The paper's own caveats (the nonsingular fit 'does not meet the level of rigor...' and the porting uncertainty) are stated transparently and constitute correctness risks, not circularity. Overall, the derivation chain is self-contained against external benchmarks; no load-bearing step reduces to its own input.

Assumptions & free parameters 7 free parameters · 7 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central predictions depend on several manually chosen or fitted inputs: the approximate O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular model, nonperturbative TMD model parameters, and profile scale choices. No new physical entities are introduced; the effective nonperturbative function is a reparametrization of existing TMD functions.

free parameters (7)
  • fnons fit coefficients c1, c2 = c1 = -0.02097 +/- 0.00149, c2 = -0.005737 +/- 0.000804
    Fit of the model in eq. (2.23) to NNLOjet O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular data; used to construct the approximate nonsingular cross section for Z and W.
  • q*_T = 8 GeV
    Chosen by hand in section 2.4 as the upper point below which the approximate O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular is set to zero, justified by the near-zero integral in eq. (2.25).
  • Collins-Soper kernel model parameters c_q^nu, omega_nu,q = -0.05, 0.25 GeV
    Default parameters of the nonperturbative CS kernel model in eq. (3.9), chosen for illustration and varied in section 4.2.
  • Omega_V (V = Z, W+, W-) = 0.5 GeV
    Gaussian width of the effective nonperturbative TMD boundary model in eq. (3.28); default value chosen for illustration.
  • Profile scale transition points (x1, x2, x3) = (0.3, 0.6, 0.9)
    Chosen in section 2.5 based on the observed size of the nonsingular cross section; central values for the matching, with variations used for the matching uncertainty.
  • Minimum scales mu_min^B, mu_min^S, mu_min^0, nu_min^S = 1 GeV, 1 GeV, 1 GeV, 0
    Landau pole freeze-out scales in eq. (2.35), chosen by hand.
  • PDF factorization scale floor mu_min^f = 1.65, 1.51, 1.40, 1.30 GeV depending on PDF set
    Set to Q0 or charm mass per PDF set in section 2.5 to avoid LHAPDF grid extrapolation.
assumptions (7)
  • domain assumption TMD factorization theorem eq. (2.5) is valid at qT << Q including nonperturbative qT ~ Lambda_QCD, with power corrections O(qT^2/Q^2, Lambda_QCD^2/Q^2).
    Invoked in section 2.1 as the foundation of the resummation and effective model.
  • domain assumption The OPE of TMD PDFs onto collinear PDFs and soft condensates, eq. (2.10), with O(Lambda_QCD^2 b_T^2) corrections, separates perturbative and nonperturbative contributions.
    Used in eqs. (2.10) and (3.6) to define the nonperturbative functions and their power expansion.
  • domain assumption The narrow-width approximation for resonant Z/W production, Q ~ mV, reduces the effective function F_np to a function of Y and bT only.
    Invoked in eq. (3.15); residual model dependence is estimated at O(Lambda^2 Gamma_V/(qT^2 mV)).
  • ad hoc to paper The functional form of fnons in eq. (2.23) captures the qT dependence of the ratio of the O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular to the NLO1 cross section.
    Assumed in section 2.4; fitted to NNLOjet data and ported to other processes and PDF sets.
  • ad hoc to paper The integral of the O(alpha_s^3) nonsingular from 0 to q*_T = 8 GeV is zero within uncertainty.
    Used in eq. (2.25) to justify setting the nonsingular to zero below q*_T; based on NNLOjet data.
  • ad hoc to paper The nonperturbative TMD models in eqs. (3.9) and (3.28), with tanh and exponential forms, represent the true TMD physics.
    These are illustrative models with parameters not fitted in this paper; variations bound their impact.
  • domain assumption The approximate five-loop cusp anomalous dimension from ref. [121] is accurate enough for the approximate N4LL resummation.
    Used in section 2.2 and appendix A; the paper notes this ingredient is currently known only approximately.

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We provide state-of-the-art precision QCD predictions for the fiducial $W$ and $Z$ boson transverse momentum spectra at the LHC at N$^3$LL$'$ and approximate N$^4$LL in resummed perturbation theory, matched to available $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_s^3)$ fixed-order results. Our predictions consistently combine all information from across the spectrum in a unified way, ranging from the nonperturbative region of small transverse momenta to the fixed-order tail, with an emphasis on estimating the magnitude of residual perturbative uncertainties, and in particular of those related to the matching. Parametric uncertainties related to the strong coupling, the collinear PDFs, and the nonperturbative transverse momentum-dependent (TMD) dynamics are studied in detail. To assess the latter, we explicitly demonstrate how the full complexity of flavor and Bjorken $x$-dependent TMD dynamics can be captured by a single, effective nonperturbative function for the resonant production of any given vector boson at a given collider. We point out that the cumulative $p_T^Z$ cross section at the level of precision enabled by our predictions provides strong constraining power for PDF determinations at full N$^3$LO.

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