Double parton scattering in the ultraviolet: addressing the double counting problem

Abstract

In proton-proton collisions there is a smooth transition between the regime of double parton scattering, initiated by two pairs of partons at a large relative distance, and the regime where a single parton splits into a parton pair in one or both protons. We present a scheme for computing both contributions in a consistent and practicable way.

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proeceedings of MPI@LHC 2015, Trieste, Italy, 23-27 November 2015