arXiv:0707.2101·v3·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Quark Masses and Resummation in Precision QCD Theory
B.F.L. Ward (1) ((1) Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA)🇺🇸
Abstract
It is shown that amplitude-based, exact resummation tames the un-cancelled IR divergences at O(alpha_s^2) in initial state radiation in QCD with massive quarks. Implications for precision predictions for LHC physics are discussed.
Comments: 12 pages, 2 figures; corrected misprint; added material to clarify text