QCD calculations for collider physics make use of perturbative solutions of renormalisation group equations (RGEs). RGE solutions can contribute significantly to systematic uncertainties of theoretical predictions for physical observables. We propose a method to express these systematic effects in terms of resummation scales, using techniques borrowed from soft-gluon resummation approaches. We...
The high level of experimental precision achieved at hadron colliders requires competitive theoretical predictions in order to extract fundamental SM parameters, such as the W boson mass.
Theoretical efforts should therefore be directed towards relevant kinematic distributions, such as the transverse momentum (pT) spectrum of the W and Z bosons and their ratio.
In this talk, essentially...
The determination of Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) is an example of inverse problem: a model is sought knowing a finite set of experimental observations. Given the fact that the model is a continuous function, i.e. an element of an infinite dimensional space, its determination from a discrete set of data is notoriously a ill-posed problem. In the currently used methodologies for PDF...
In recent articles, the discussion on the treatment of Power Corrections in the three-jet limit, along with its influence on precision $\alpha_s$ determinations from fits to event shape experimental data, has attracted a lot of attention. On the basis of a factorization formula for the $e^+e-$ thrust distribution, derived within soft-collinear effective theory, we discuss the treatment of...
