STUDY OF AMBIGUITIES OF QCD PREDICTIONS AT JET PRODUCTION IN PROTON–PROTON COLLISIONS AT NEXT-TO-LEADING ORDER

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 1350050
Author(s):  
PETR POSOLDA
Keyword(s):  
Differential Cross Section ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Differential Cross ◽  
Local Stability ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Jet Production ◽  
Total Energies ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

The dependence of inclusive one jet differential cross-section on the renormalization and factorization scale is studied. The choice when both scales μr, μfare set equal to jet transversal momentum is taken as a referential point and within a region around this choice, the inclusive one jet differential cross-section is calculated at next-to-leading order. Following the principle of minimal sensitivity (PMS), the region of local stability with respect to both scales is searched for. It is shown that it is well approximated by particular choice [Formula: see text] for total energies 7000 and 14,000 GeV.

scholarly journals Cross Section Prediction for Inclusive Production of Z Boson in pp Collisions at s=14 TeV: A Study of Systematic Uncertainty due to Scale Dependence

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Ogul ◽  
Kamuran Dilsiz
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Production Cross Section ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Central Values ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Prediction of Z→l+l- production cross section (where l±=e±,μ±) in proton-proton collisions at s=14 TeV is estimated up to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in perturbative QCD including next-to-leading order (NLO) electroweak (EW) corrections. The total inclusive Z boson production cross section times leptonic branching ratio, within the invariant mass window 66<mll<116 GeV, is predicted using NNLO HERAPDF2.0 at NNLO QCD and NLO EW as σZTot=2111.69-26.92+26.31 (PDF) ±11 (αs) ±17 (scale) -30.98+57.41 (parameterization and model). Theoretical prediction of the fiducial cross section is further computed with the latest modern PDF models (CT14, MMHT2014, NNPDF3.0, HERAPDF2.0, and ABM12) at NNLO for QCD and NLO for EW. The central values of the predictions are based on DYNNLO 1.5 program and the uncertainties are extracted using FEWZ 3.1 program. In addition, the cross section is also calculated as functions of μR and μF scales. The choice of μR and μF for scale variation uncertainty is further discussed in detail.

scholarly journals THE MESON PRODUCTION IN PROTON–PROTON COLLISIONS IN NEXT-TO-LEADING ORDER AND INFRARED RENORMALONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (05) ◽  
pp. 1243-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. AHMADOV ◽  
R. M. BURJALIYEV
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Meson Production ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Running Coupling ◽  
Coupling Approach ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

In this paper, we investigate the next-to-leading order contribution of the higher-twist Feynman diagrams to the large-pT inclusive pion production cross-section in proton–proton collisions and present the general formulae for the higher-twist differential cross-sections in the case of the running coupling and frozen coupling approaches. We compared the resummed next-to-leading order higher-twist cross-sections with the ones obtained in the framework of the frozen coupling approach and leading-twist cross-section. The structure of infrared renormalon singularities of the higher-twist subprocess cross-section and its resummed expression (the Borel sum) are found. It is shown that the resummed result depends on the choice of the meson wave functions used in the calculations. We discuss the phenomenological consequences of possible higher-twist contributions to the meson production in proton–proton collisions in next-to-leading order at RHIC.

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