Phys. Rev. D 67, 074015 (2003) [21 pages]Resummation of transverse momentum and mass logarithms in DIS heavy-quark production |
P. M. Nadolsky1, N. Kidonakis2, F. I. Olness1, and C.-P. Yuan3
1Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275-0175
2Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
3Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Received 14 October 2002; published 21 April 2003
Differential distributions for heavy quark production depend on the heavy quark mass and other momentum scales, which can yield additional large logarithms and inhibit accurate predictions. Logarithms involving the heavy quark mass can be summed in heavy quark parton distribution functions in the Aivazis-Collins-Olness-Tung (ACOT) factorization scheme. A second class of logarithms involving the heavy-quark transverse momentum can be summed using an extension of the Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) formalism. We perform a systematic summation of logarithms of both types, thereby obtaining an accurate description of heavy-quark differential distributions at all energies. Our method essentially combines the ACOT and CSS approaches. As an example, we present angular distributions for bottom quarks produced in parity-conserving events at large momentum transfers Q at the DESY ep collider HERA.
©2003 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v67/e074015
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.074015
PACS: 12.38.Cy, 13.60.-r
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