TMD fragmentation functions at N<sub>3</sub>LO
We compute the unpolarized quark and gluon transverse-momentum dependent fragmentation functions (TMDFFs) at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N<sup>3</sup>LO) in perturbative QCD. The calculation is based on a relation between the TMDFF and the limit of the semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering cross section where all final-state radiation becomes collinear to the detected hadron. The required cross section is obtained by analytically continuing our recent computation of the Drell-Yan and Higgs boson production cross section at N<sup>3</sup>LO expanded around the limit of all final-state radiation becoming collinear to one of the initial states. Our results agree with a recent independent calculation by Luo et al.
Authors
- Markus A. Ebert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0555-0688)
Institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Physics (DE)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
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%282021%29121
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Physics