Transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions up to N<sup>3</sup>LL from Drell-Yan data
We present an extraction of unpolarised Transverse-Momentum-Dependent Parton Distribution Functions (TMD PDFs or TMDs) based on Drell-Yan production data from different experiments, including those at the LHC, and spanning a wide kinematic range. We include resummation of leading logarithms up to N<sup>3</sup>LL accuracy. The high per- turbative accuracy and the inclusion of non-perturbative contributions, along with a sound treatment of the experimental uncertainties, allow us to obtain a remarkable agreement with the data. We show that higher-order perturbative corrections are in fact crucial to achieve a suitable description of the data. In addition, we show that the precise rapidity- differential cross sections measured by the ATLAS experiment at 7 and 8 TeV provide a marked sensitivity to the x dependence of TMDs.
Authors
- Alessandro Bacchetta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-8355)
Institutions
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07%282020%29117
- Citations
- 48
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article