Factorization of Non-Global LHC Observables and Resummation of Super-Leading Logarithms

Thomas Becher (U Bern)

Aug 14. 2023, 11:30 — 12:30

We present a factorization theorem for non-global observables at hadron colliders, such as gap-between-jets cross sections. The theorem factorizes cross sections into hard functions and low-energy matrix elements, which obey a renormalization group evolution equation. We detail the derivation of the associated anomalous dimension at one loop and show how it can be used to resum the leading double-logarithmic contributions to these cross sections to all orders, thereby solving the long-standing problem of all-order resummation for these so-called "super-leading logarithms". We also explain why the super-leading effects are sizable for pp→2 jets processes but suppressed in H/Z and H/Z+jet production.

 

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Schrödinger Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Quantum Field Theory at the Frontiers of the Strong Interaction (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
André H. Hoang (U of Vienna)
Simon Plätzer (U of Graz)
Massimiliano Procura (U of Vienna)
Malin Sjödahl (Lund U)
Iain Stewart (MIT, Cambridge)