Transverse-momentum resummation at mixed QCD$\otimes$QED NNLL accuracy for Z boson production at hadron colliders

Abstract

We consider the transverse momentum ($q_T$) distribution of neutral charged bosons at hadron colliders. We perform the resummation of the logarithmically-enhanced effects due to simultaneous QCD and QED initial-state radiation, up to mixed next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy. We study the impact of such mixed QCD$\otimes$QED resummed contributions on top of pure QCD corrections, finding percent-level effects.

Comments: 22 pages, 5 figures. References added, discussion improved, accepted for publication in JHEP