Forward Z-boson production and the unintegrated sea quark density

Drell-Yan production in the forward region at the Large Hadron Collider is sensitive to multiple radiation of QCD partons not collinearly ordered, emitted over large rapidity intervals. We propose a method to take account of these radiative contributions via a factorization formula which depends on...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Hautmann, F, Hentschinski, M, Jung, H
Materyal Türü: Journal article
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: 2012
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Özet:Drell-Yan production in the forward region at the Large Hadron Collider is sensitive to multiple radiation of QCD partons not collinearly ordered, emitted over large rapidity intervals. We propose a method to take account of these radiative contributions via a factorization formula which depends on the unintegrated, or transverse momentum dependent, splitting function associated with the evolution of the initial-state sea quark distribution. We analyze this formula numerically, and point out kinematic effects from the initial-state transverse momentum on the vector boson spectrum. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.