Renormalization-group improved predictions for top-quark pair production at hadron colliders

被引：198

作者：

Ahrens, Valentin ^{[1
]}

Ferroglia, Andrea ^{[1
]}

Neubert, Matthias ^{[1
,2
]}

Pecjak, Ben D. ^{[1
]}

Yang, Li Lin ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys THEP, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

[2] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Theoret Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2010年 / 09期

关键词：

Hadronic Colliders; Renormalization Group; QCD; TOTAL CROSS-SECTION; HEAVY-QUARK; QCD CORRECTIONS; THRESHOLD RESUMMATION; PERTURBATION-THEORY; POLE MASS; SCATTERING; DISTRIBUTIONS; FACTORIZATION; ANNIHILATION;

D O I：

10.1007/JHEP09(2010)097

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Precision predictions for phenomenologically interesting observables such as the t (t) over bar invariant mass distribution and forward-backward asymmetry in top-quark pair production at hadron colliders require control over the differential cross section in perturbative QCD. In this paper we improve existing calculations of the doubly differential cross section in the invariant mass and scattering angle by using techniques from soft-collinear effective theory to perform an NNLL resummation of threshold logarithms, which become large when the invariant mass M of the top-quark pair approaches the partonic center-of-mass energy root(s) over cap. We also derive an approximate formula for the differential cross section at NNLO in fixed-order perturbation theory, which completely determines the coefficients multiplying the singular plus distributions in the variable (1 - M-2/(s) over cap s). We then match our results in the threshold region with the exact results at NLO in fixed-order perturbation theory, and perform a numerical analysis of the invariant mass distribution, the total cross section, and the forward-backward asymmetry. We argue that these are the most accurate predictions available for these observables at present. Using MSTW2008NNLO parton distribution functions (PDFs) along with alpha(s)(M-Z) = 0.117 and m(t) = 173.1GeV, we obtain for the inclusive production cross sections at the Tevatron and LHC the values sigma(Tevatron) = (6.30 +/- 0.19(-0.23)(+0.31)) pb and sigma(LHC) = (149 +/- 7 +/- 8) pb, where the first error results from scale variations while the second reflects PDF uncertainties.

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