pith. sign in

arxiv: 1801.08443 · v1 · pith:SMWNHM2Inew · submitted 2018-01-25 · ✦ hep-ph

A first determination of the unpolarized quark TMDs from a global analysis

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords momentumtransverseunpolarizedanalysisevolutionfirstscaleaccuracy
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Transverse momentum dependent distribution and fragmentation functions of unpolarized quarks inside unpolarized protons are extracted, for the first time, through a simultaneous analysis of semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering, Drell-Yan and $Z$ boson hadroproduction processes. This study is performed at leading order in perturbative QCD, with energy scale evolution at the next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. Moreover, some specific choices are made to deal with low scale evolution around 1 GeV$^2$. Since only data in the low transverse momentum region are considered, no matching to fixed-order calculations at high transverse momentum is needed.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.