The two-loop QCD matrix element for e+e−→3 jets

Qcd Factorization for the Pion Diffractive Dissociation into Two Jets

We report a detailed study of the process of pion diffraction dissociation into two jets with large transverse momenta. We find that the standard collinear factorization does not hold in this reaction. The structure of non-factorizable contributions is discussed and the results are compared with the experimental data. Our conclusion is that the existing theoretical uncertainties do not allow, f...

QCD factorization for the pion diffractive dissociation to two jets

We calculate the cross section of a pion diffraction dissociation in two jets with large transverse momenta originating from a hard gluon exchange between the pion constituents. To the leading logarithmic accuracy (in energy), the contribution coming from small transverse separations between the quark and the antiquark in the pion acquires the expected factorized form, the longitudinal momentum...

Jets in Qcd * Jets in Qcd

Many analyses at the collider utilize the hadronic jets that are the footprints of QCD partons. These are used both to study the QCD processes themselves and increasingly as tools to study other physics, for example top mass reconstruction. However, jets are not fundamental degrees of freedom in the theory, so we need an operational jet definition and reliable methods to calculate their propert...

Two-loop Resummations for QCD Hard Scattering

Two - loop splitting functions in QCD ∗

We present the universal two-loop splitting functions that describe the limits of two-loop n-point amplitudes of massless particles when two of the momenta are collinear. To derive the splitting amplitudes, we take the collinear limits of explicit two-loop four-point helicity amplitudes computed in the ’t Hooft-Veltman scheme. The g → gg splitting amplitude has recently been computed using the ...