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Preprint typeset in JHEP style - HYPER VERSION UCB-PTH-10/01 |
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arXiv:1001.0014 |
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Jet Shapes and Jet Algorithms in SCET |
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Stephen D. Ellis, Christopher K. Vermilion, and Jonathan R. Walsh |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1560, USA |
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E-mail: sdellis@u.washington.edu ,verm@uw.edu ,jrwalsh@u.washington.edu |
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Andrew Hornig and Christopher Lee |
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Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, |
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and Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
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E-mail: ahornig@uw.edu ,clee137@mit.edu |
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Abstract: Jet shapes are weighted sums over the four-momenta of the constituents of a |
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jet and reveal details of its internal structure, potentially allowing discrimination of its par- |
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tonic origin. In this work we make predictions for quark and gluon jet shape distributions |
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inN-jet nal states in e+e collisions, dened with a cone or recombination algorithm, |
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where we measure some jet shape observable on a subset of these jets. Using the framework |
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of Soft-Collinear Eective Theory, we prove a factorization theorem for jet shape distri- |
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butions and demonstrate the consistent renormalization-group running of the functions in |
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the factorization theorem for any number of measured and unmeasured jets, any number |
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of quark and gluon jets, and any angular size Rof the jets, as long as Ris much smaller |
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than the angular separation between jets. We calculate the jet and soft functions for angu- |
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larity jet shapes ato one-loop order ( O(s)) and resum a subset of the large logarithms of |
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aneeded for next-to-leading logarithmic (NLL) accuracy for both cone and k T-type jets. |
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We compare our predictions for the resummed adistribution of a quark or a gluon jet |
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produced in a 3-jet nal state in e+e annihilation to the output of a Monte Carlo event |
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generator and nd that the dependence on aandRis very similar. |
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Keywords: Jets, Factorization, Resummation, Eective Field Theory .arXiv:1001.0014v3 [hep-ph] 15 Nov 2010Contents |
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1. Introduction 2 |
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1.1 Motivation and Objectives 2 |
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1.2 Soft-Collinear Eective Theory and Factorization 4 |
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1.3 Power Corrections to Factorized Jet Shape Distributions 6 |
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1.4 Resummation and Logarithmic Accuracy 7 |
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1.5 Detailed Outline of This Work 11 |
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2. Jet Shapes and Jet Algorithms 14 |
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2.1 Jet Shapes 14 |
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2.2 Jet Algorithms 14 |
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2.3 Do Jet Algorithms Respect Factorization? 16 |
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3. Factorization of Jet Shape Distributions in e+e toNJets 17 |
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3.1 Overview of SCET 17 |
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3.2 Jet Shape Distribution in e+e !3 Jets 20 |
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3.3 Jet Shapes in e+e !Njets 26 |
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3.4 Do Jet Algorithms Induce Large Power Corrections to Factorization? 27 |
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4. Jet Functions at O(s)for Jet Shapes 30 |
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4.1 Phase Space Cuts 30 |
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4.2 Quark Jet Function 32 |
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4.2.1 Measured Quark Jet 33 |
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4.2.2 Gluon Outside Measured Quark Jet 34 |
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4.2.3 Unmeasured Quark Jet 35 |
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4.3 Gluon Jet Function 35 |
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4.3.1 Measured Gluon Jet 36 |
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4.3.2 Unmeasured Gluon Jet 37 |
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5. Soft Functions at O(s)for Jet Shapes 37 |
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5.1 Phase Space Cuts 37 |
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5.2 Calculation of contributions to the N-Jet Soft Function 38 |
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5.2.1 Inclusive Contribution: Sincl |
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ij 40 |
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5.2.2 Soft gluon inside jet kwithEg>:Sk |
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ij 40 |
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5.2.3 Soft gluon inside measured jet k:Smeas |
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ij(k |
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a) 41 |
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5.3 TotalN-Jet Soft Function in the large- tLimit 42 |
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{ 1 {6. Resummation and Consistency Relations at NLL 43 |
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6.1 General Form of Renormalization Group Equations and Solutions 43 |
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6.2 RG Evolution of Hard, Jet, and Soft Functions 46 |
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6.2.1 Hard Function 46 |
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6.2.2 Jet Functions 47 |
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6.2.3 Soft Function 48 |
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6.3 Consistency Relation among Anomalous Dimensions 49 |
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6.4 Refactorization of the Soft Function 50 |
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6.5 Total Resummed Distribution 52 |
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7. Plots of Distributions and Comparisons to Monte Carlo 54 |
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8. Conclusions 61 |
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A. Jet Function Calculations 62 |
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A.1 Finite Pieces of the Quark Jet Function 62 |
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A.2 Finite Pieces of the Gluon Jet Function 65 |
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B. Soft function calculations 67 |
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B.1Sincl |
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ij 67 |
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B.2Si |
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ijandSmeas |
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a) 69 |
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B.2.1 Common Integrals 69 |
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B.2.2Smeas |
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ij(i |
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a) 70 |
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B.2.3Si |
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ij 70 |
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B.3Smeas |
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a) andSk |
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ijfork6=i;j 70 |
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B.3.1 Common Integrals 71 |
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B.3.2Sk |
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ij 72 |
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B.3.3Smeas |
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ij(k |
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a) 73 |
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B.3.4Sk |
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ij+Smeas |
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a) 73 |
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C. Convolutions and Finite Terms in the Resummed Distribution 74 |
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D. Color Algebra for n= 2;3Jets 77 |
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1. Introduction |
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1.1 Motivation and Objectives |
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Jets provide troves of information about physics within and beyond the Standard Model of |
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particle physics. On the one hand, jets display the behavior of Quantum Chromodynamics |
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(QCD) over a wide range of energy scales, from the energy of the hard scattering, through |
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intermediate scales of branching and showering, to the lowest scale of hadronization. On |
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{ 2 {the other hand, jets contain signatures of exotic physics when produced by the decays of |
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heavy, strongly-interacting particles such as top quarks or particles beyond the Standard |
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Model. |
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Recently, several groups have explored strategies to probe jet substructure to distin- |
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guish jets produced by light partons in QCD from those produced by heavier particles |
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[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8], and methods to \clean" jets of soft radiation to more easily iden- |
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tify their origin, such as \ltering" or \pruning" for jets from heavy particles [ 5,9,10] or |
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\trimming" for jets from light partons [ 11]. Another type of strategy, explored in [ 12], to |
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probe jet substructure is the use of jet shapes , which are modications of event shapes [ 13] |
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such as thrust. Jet shapes are continuous variables constructed by taking a weighted sum |
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over the four-momenta of all particles constituting a jet. Dierent choices of weighting |
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functions produce dierent jet shapes, and can be designed to probe regions closer to or |
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further from the jet axis with greater sensitivity.1While such jet shapes may integrate over |
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some of the detailed substructure for which some other methods search, they are better |
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suited to analytical calculation and understanding from the underlying theory of QCD. |
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In this paper, we consider measuring the shape of one or more jets in an e+e collision |
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at center-of-mass energy QproducingNjets with an angular size Raccording to a cone or |
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recombination jet algorithm, with an energy cut on the radiation allowed outside of jets. |
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We use this exclusive characterization of an N-jet nal state looking forward to extension |
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of our results to a hadron collider environment, where such a nal state denition is more |
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typical. For the jet shape observable we choose the angularity aof a jet, dened by (cf. |
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[12,17]), |
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a1 |
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2EJX |
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i2Jpi |
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Te i(1 a); (1.1) |
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whereais a parameter taking values 1<a< 2 (for IR safety, although factorizability |
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will require a < 1), the sum is over all particles in the jet, EJis the jet energy, pT |
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is the transverse momentum relative to the jet direction, and = ln tan(=2) is the |
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(pseudo)rapidity measured from the jet direction. The jet is dened by a jet algorithm, such |
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as a cone algorithm, the details of which we will discuss below. We complete the calculation |
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for the jet shape afor jets dened by cone or recombination algorithms, but our logic and |
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methods could be applied to a wider spectrum of jet shapes and jet algorithms. We have |
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organized our results in such a way that the pieces independent of the choice of jet shape |
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and dependent only on the jet algorithm are easily identiable, requiring recalculation only |
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of the observable-dependent pieces to extend our results to other choices of jet shapes. |
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Reliable theoretical prediction of jet observables in the presence of jet algorithms is |
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made challenging by the presence of many scales. Logarithms of ratios of these scales can |
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become large and spoil the behavior of perturbative expansions predicting these quantities. |
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These scales are determined by the jet energy !, the cut on the angular size of a jet R, |
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the measured value of the jet shape such as a, and any other cut or selection parameters |
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introduced by the jet algorithm. |
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1The original \jet shape," to which the name properly belongs, is the quantity ( r=R), the fraction of |
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the total energy of a jet of radius Rthat is contained in a subjet of radius r[14,15,16] . This observable |
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falls into the larger class of jet shapes we have described here and for which we have hijacked the name. |
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{ 3 {Precisely this separation of scales, however, allows us to take advantage of the powerful |
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tools of factorization and eective eld theory. Factorization separates the calculation of |
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a hard scattering cross section into hard, jet and soft functions each depending only on |
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physics at a single scale [ 18,19]. Renormalization group (RG) evolution of these functions |
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between scales resums logarithms of these scales to all orders in s, with the logarithmic |
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accuracy determined by the order to which the anomalous dimensions in the running are |
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calculated [ 20]. Eective eld theory organizes these concepts and tools into a conceptually |
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simple framework unifying many ingredients going into traditional methods, such as power |
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counting, gauge invariance, and resummation through RG evolution. The rules of eective |
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theory facilitate proofs of factorization and achievement of logarithmic resummation at |
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leading order in the power counting and make straightforward the improvement of results |
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order-by-order in power counting and logarithmic accuracy of resummation. |
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1.2 Soft-Collinear Eective Theory and Factorization |
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Soft-Collinear Eective Theory (SCET) [ 21,22,23,24] has been successfully applied to the |
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analysis of many hard scattering cross sections [ 25] including the production of jets. SCET |
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is constructed by integrating out of QCD all degrees of freedom except those collinear to |
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a lightlike direction nand those which are soft, that is, have much lower energy than the |
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energy of the hard scattering or of the jets. Using this formalism, the factorization and |
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calculation of two-jet cross sections and event shape distributions in SCET were developed |
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in [26,27,28,29]. Later, these techniques were extended to the factorization of jet cross |
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sections and observables using jet algorithms in [ 30]. Calculations in SCET of two-jet rates |
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using jet algorithms have been performed in [ 27,31], and more recently in [ 32]. Calculations |
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of cross sections with more than two jet directions have been given in [ 33,34,35]. |
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Building on many of the ideas in these previous studies, in this paper, we will demon- |
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strate a factorization theorem for jet shape distributions in e+e !Njet events, |
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d(P1;:::;PN) |
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d1dM=(0)(P1;:::;PN)H(n1;!1;nN;!N;) (1.2) |
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Jn1;!1(1;)JnM;!M(M;)i |
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Sn1nN(1;:::;M;R;;) |
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JnM+1;!M+1(R;)JnN;!N(R;); |
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where theNjets have three-momenta Pi, andMNof the jets' shapes 1;:::;Mare |
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measured.(0)is the Born cross-section, His a hard function dependent on the directions |
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niand energies !iof theNjets,Jn;!() is the jet function for a jet whose shape is measured |
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to be,Jn;!(R) is the jet function for a jet with size Rwhose shape is not measured, and |
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Sis the soft function connecting all Njets, dependent on all jets' shapes i, sizesR, and |
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total energy that is left outside of all jets. The symbol \ |
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" stands for a set of convolution |
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integrals in the variables ibetween the measured jet functions and the soft function. All |
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terms in the factorization theorem depend on the factorization scale . |
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SCET is typically constructed as a power expansion in a small parameter formed by |
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the ratio of soft to collinear or collinear to hard scales, determined by the kinematics of the |
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process under study. is roughly the typical transverse momentum pTof the constituent |
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{ 4 {of a jet (relative to the jet direction) divided by the jet energy EJ. This is set either by |
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the measured value of the jet shape afor a measured jet or the algorithm measure R |
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for an unmeasured jet. Thus we encounter in this work the new twist that the size of |
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may be dierent for dierent jets. We will comment on further implications of this in |
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subsequent sections. Still, in each separate collinear sector, the momentum pnof collinear |
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modes in the light-cone direction nin SCET is separated into a large \label" momentum ~ pn |
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containingO(EJ) andO(EJ) components and a \residual" component of O(2EJ), the |
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same size as soft momenta. Eective theory elds have dynamical momenta only of this |
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soft or residual scale. This fact, along with the fact that soft quarks and soft gluons can be |
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shown to decouple from collinear modes at the level of the Lagrangian [ 24], makes possible |
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the factorization of a jet shape distribution into hard, jet, and soft functions depending |
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only on the dynamics at those respective scales. |
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In using SCET for jets in multiple directions and using jet algorithms to dene the |
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jets, we will encounter the need for several additional criteria to ensure the validity of the |
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N-jet factorization theorem. |
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First, to ensure that the algorithm does not group nal-state particles into fewer than |
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Njets, the jets must be \well separated." This allows us to use as the eective theory |
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Lagrangian a sum of Ncopies of the collinear part of the SCET Lagrangian for a |
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single direction nand a soft part, and to construct a basis of N-jet operators built |
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from elds from each of these sectors to produce the nal state. Our calculations will |
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reveal the precise quantitative condition that jets must satisfy to be \well separated". |
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Second, to ensure that the jet algorithm does not nd more than Njets, we place an |
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energy cut on the total energy outside of the observed jets. We will take this energy |
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to scale as a soft momentum so that we will be able to identify the total energy of |
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each jet with the \label" momentum on the SCET collinear jet eld producing the |
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jet. Corrections to this identication are subleading in the SCET power counting. |
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Third (and related to the above two), we will assume that the N-jet restriction on the |
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nal state can itself be factorized into a product of N1-jet restrictions, one in each |
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collinear sector, and a 0-jet restriction in the soft sector. We represent the energetic |
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particles in the ith jet by collinear elds in the SCET Lagrangian in the nicollinear |
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sector and soft particles everywhere with elds in the soft part of the Lagrangian. |
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We then stipulate that the jet algorithm acting on states in the nicollinear sector |
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nd exactly one jet in that sector, and when acting on the soft nal state nd no |
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additional jet in that sector. |
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Fourth, the way in which a jet algorithm combines particles in the process of nding |
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a jet must respect the order of steps envisioned by factorization. In particular, fac- |
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torization requires that the jet directions and energies be determined by the collinear |
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particles alone, so that the soft function knows only about the directions and colors of |
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the jets, not the details of any collinear recombinations. Ideally, all energetic collinear |
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particles should be recombined rst, with soft particles within a radius Rof the jet |
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{ 5 {axis being recombined into the jet only afterwards. Jet algorithms in use at experi- |
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ments do not have this precise behavior, but we will discuss in Sec. 3.4the extent to |
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which common algorithms meet this requirement and estimate the size of the power |
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corrections due to their failure to do so. In general, we will nd that for suciently |
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largeR, infrared-safe cone algorithms and k T-type recombination algorithms satisfy |
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the requirements of factorizability, with anti-k Tallowing smaller values of Rthan k T. |
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After enforcing the above requirements, a key test of the consistency of Eq. ( 1.2) will |
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be the independence of the physical cross section on the factorization scale . This requires |
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the anomalous dimensions of the hard, jet, and soft functions to sum to zero, |
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0 = [
H() +
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S(1;:::;M;R;):(1.3) |
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It seems highly nontrivial that this condition would be satised for any number, size, and |
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avors of jets (and that the soft anomalous dimension be independent of ), but we will |
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demonstrate that it does hold at O(s), up to corrections of O(1=t2) which violate Eq. ( 1.3), |
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wheretis a measure of the separation between jets. In particular, for a pair of jets, i;j, |
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with 3-vector directions separated by a polar angle ij, the separation tijis given by |
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tk;l=tan( k;l=2) |
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tan(R=2): (1.4) |
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Now dene t(no indices) as the minimum of tijover all jet pairs. This quanties the |
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qualitative condition of jets being well-separated, t1, that is required to justify the |
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factorization theorem Eq. ( 1.2). The factorization theorem is valid up to corrections of |
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O() in the SCET power expansion parameter and corrections of O(1=t2) in the separa- |
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tion parameter. As an example of the magnitude of t, for three jets in a Mercedes-Benz |
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conguration ( = 2=3 for all pairs of jets), 1 =t2= 0:04 forR= 0:7 and 1=t2= 0:1 for |
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R= 1, so these corrections are indeed small. More generally, for non-overlapping jets, |
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>2R, we have 1 =t2<1=4. |
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Notice that for back-to-back jets ( =),t!1 . Thus, for all cases previously con- |
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sidered in the literature, the jets are innitely separated according to this measure, and no |
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additional criterion regarding jet separation is required for consistency of the factorization |
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and running. A key insight of our work is that for an N-jet cross-section described by |
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Eq. ( 1.2), the factorization theorem receives corrections not only in the usual SCET power |
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counting parameter , but also corrections due to jet separation beginning at O(1=t2). |
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1.3 Power Corrections to Factorized Jet Shape Distributions |
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As always, there are power corrections to the factorization theorem which we must ensure |
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are small. One class of power corrections arises from approximating the jet axis of the |
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measured jet with the collinear direction ni, which labels that jet in the SCET Lagrangian. |
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This direction niis the direction of the parent parton initiating the jet. The jet observable |
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must be such that the dierence between the parent parton direction and the jet axis |
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{ 6 {identied by the algorithm makes a subleading correction to the calculated value of the jet |
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observable. In the context of angularity event shapes, such corrections were estimated in |
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[17,29] and found to be negligible for a<1, and we nd the same condition for jet shapes. |
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In the presence of algorithms, however, there are additional power corrections due to |
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the dierence in the soft particles that are included or excluded in a jet by the actual |
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algorithm and in its approximated form in the factorization theorem. We study the eect |
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of this dierence on the measurement of jet shapes, and nd that for suciently large Rthe |
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power corrections due to the action of the algorithm on soft particles remain small enough |
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not to spoil the factorization for infrared-safe cone and k T-type recombination algorithms. |
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Algorithm-related power corrections to jet momenta were studied more quantitatively in |
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[36], and their estimated Rdependence is consistent with our observations. |
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We do not address in this work the issue of power corrections to jet shapes due to |
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hadronization. Event shape distributions are known to receive power corrections of the |
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order 1=(aQ), enhanced in the endpoint region but suppressed by large energy. The |
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endpoints of our jet shape distribution near a!0, therefore, will have to be corrected by |
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a nonperturbative shape function. Such functions have been constructed for event shapes |
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in [37,38]. The shift in the rst moment of event shape distributions induced by these |
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shape functions was postulated to take a universal form in [ 39,40] based on the behavior |
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of single soft gluon emission, and the universality was proven to all orders in soft gluon |
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emission at leading order in the SCET power counting in [ 41,42]. This universality relied |
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on the boost invariance of the soft function describing soft gluon radiation from two back- |
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to-back collinear jets. The extent to which such universality may survive for jet shapes |
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with multiple jets in arbitrary directions is an open question that must be addressed in |
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order to construct appropriate soft shape function models to deal adequately with the |
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power corrections to jet shapes from hadronization. Nonperturbative power corrections to |
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jet observables from hadronization and the underlying event in hadron collisions were also |
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studied in [ 36], and hadronization corrections were found to scale like 1 =R. In this work, |
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we focus only on the perturbative calculation and resummation of large logarithms of jet |
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shapes, and leave inclusion of nonperturbative power corrections for future work. |
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1.4 Resummation and Logarithmic Accuracy |
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Knowing the anomalous dimensions of the hard, jet, and soft functions in the factorization |
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theorem allows us to resum logarithms of ratios of the hard, jet, and soft scales. We |
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take this opportunity to explain the order of accuracy to which we are able to resum |
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these logarithms. For an event shape distribution d=d (i.e. Eq. ( 1.2) with two jets and |
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integrated against ( 1 2)), the accuracy of logarithmic resummation [ 43] is typically |
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characterized by counting logs in the exponent ln R() of the \radiator," |
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R() =1 |
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0Z |
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d0; (1.5) |
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where they appear in the form n |
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slnmwithmn+ 1. At leading-logarithmic (LL) |
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accuracy all the terms with m=n+ 1 are summed; next-to-leading-logarithmic (NLL) |
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accuracy sums also the m=nterms, and so on. In more traditional methods in QCD, event |
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{ 7 {shapes that have been resummed include NLL resummation of thrust in [ 43,44], jet masses |
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in [43,45,46,47], jet broadening in [ 48,49], theC-parameter in [ 50], and angularities in |
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[17]. Resummation of an event shape distribution using the modern SCET method was |
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rst illustrated with the thrust distribution to LL accuracy in [ 51]. Heavy quark jet mass |
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distributions were resummed in SCET to NLL accuracy as part of a proposed method to |
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extract the top quark mass in [ 52]. The N3LL resummed thrust distribution in SCET was |
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compared to LEP data to extract a value for the strong coupling sto high precision in |
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[53]. Angularities were resummed to NLL accuracy in SCET in [ 54] directly in a-space |
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instead of in moment space as in [ 17]. |
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Summation of logarithms in eective eld theory is achieved by RG evolution. In the |
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factorized radiator of the thrust distribution Eq. ( 1.5), one nds that the hard function |
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contains logarithms of =Q, the jet functions contain logarithms of =(Qp), and the soft |
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function contains logarithms of =(Q). Thus, evaluating these functions respectively at |
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the hard scale H=Q, jet scaleJ=Qpand soft scale S=Qeliminates large |
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logarithms in each function. They can then be RG-evolved to the common factorization |
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scaleafter calculating their anomalous dimensions. The solutions of the RG evolution |
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equations are of the form that logarithms of are resummed to all orders in sto a |
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logarithmic accuracy determined by the order in sto which the anomalous dimensions |
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and hard/jet/soft functions are known. This underlying hierarchy of scales is illustrated |
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Fig. 1[in this case, with only one (measured) jet scale and soft scale and !=Q] along |
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with a table that lists the order in sto which various quantities must be known in order |
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to achieve a given NkLL accuracy in the exponent of the radiator Eq. ( 1.5). The power of |
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the EFT framework is to organize of the logs of arising in Eq. ( 1.5) into those that arise |
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from ratios of the jet to the hard scale and those that arise from ratios of the soft to the |
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hard scale, which then allows RG evolution to resum them. |
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For the multijet shape distribution in Eq. ( 1.2), the strategy to sum logs is the same, |
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but is complicated by the presence of additional scales. This also makes trickier the clas- |
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sication of logarithmic accuracy into the standard NkLL scheme. Our aim will be to |
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sum as many logs of the jet shapes aas possible, while not worrying about any others. |
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For instance, phase space cuts induce logs of Rand =!(where!is a typical hard jet |
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energy), and the presence of multiple jets induces logs of jet separations ninjor ratios of |
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jet energies !i=!j. We will not aim to sum these types logs systematically in this paper, |
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only those of a(though we sum subsets of the others incidentally). In particular, resum- |
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ming the phase space logs of Ror =!is complicated by how the phase space cuts act |
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order-by-order in perturbation theory2, and the fact that a simple angular cut Ris less |
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restrictive than a small jet mass or angularity on how collimated a jet must be. That is, |
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an angular cut allows particles in a jet to be anywhere within an angle Rof the jet axis |
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regardless of their energy, while a small jet mass or angularity forces harder particles to be |
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closer to the jet axis. The former allows hard particles to lie along the edges of a jet, and |
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2The JADE algorithm is one well-known example in which resummability even of leading logarithms of |
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the jet mass cut yis spoiled by the dierences in the jet phase space at dierent orders in perturbation |
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theory [ 55]. Another example that will not work is using a k T-type algorithm with Rrandomly chosen for |
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each recombination. This is clearly such that resummation of logarithms of Rcannot be achieved. |
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S =ωτa/tan1−a(R/2)µΛR= 2Λtan(R/2)µΛ=2ΛFigure 1: An illustration of generic scales along with a table of log-accuracy versus perturbative |
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order. A cross section with jets of energy !, radiusR, and energy outside the jets, with |
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some jets' shapes abeing measured and others' shapes left unmeasured, induces measured and |
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unmeasured jet scales at meas |
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J andunmeas |
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J . Dynamics at these scales are described by separate |
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collinear modes in SCET. Soft dynamics occur at several soft scales, andRinduced by the |
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soft out-of-jet energy cut and jet radius R, andmeas |
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S induced by the measured jet shape a. RG |
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evolution in SCET resums logs of ratios of jet scales to the hard scale Hindividually, and logs |
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of the ratio of a \common" soft scale Sto the hard scale. Remaining logs of ratios of soft scales |
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to one another are not resummed in current formulations of SCET. The accuracy of logarithmic |
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resummation of these ratios of scales is determined by the order to which anomalous dimensions and |
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matching coecients or matrix elements (i.e. hard/jet/soft functions) are calculated in perturbation |
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theory. In this paper we perform the RG evolution indicated by the arrows to NLL accuracy. |
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soft radiation from such congurations that escapes the jets can lead to logs of =!that |
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are not captured in our treatment. These are not issues we solve in this paper, in which |
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we focus on resumming logs of jet shapes a. (Some exploration of phase space logarithms |
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in SCET was carried out in [ 31,32].) |
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A way to understand how we sum logs and which ones we capture is presented in Fig. 1. |
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The factorization theorem Eq. ( 1.2) organizes logs in the multijet cross section into those |
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in the hard function, those in measured jet functions, those in unmeasured jet functions, |
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and those in the soft function, much like for the simple thrust distribution. The dierence |
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is the presence now of multiple jet and soft scales. Logarithms in jet functions can still be |
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minimized by choices of individual jet scales, meas |
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J!1=(2 a) |
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a for a jet whose shape a |
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is measured, and unmeas |
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J!tan(R=2) for a jet whose shape is not measured but has a |
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radiusR. Thus logs arising from ratios of these scales to the hard scale can be summed |
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{ 9 {completely to a desired NkLL order. The complication is in the soft function. The soft |
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function is sensitive to soft radiation into measured and unmeasured jets and outside of all |
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jets. As we will see by explicit calculation, this induces logs of tan1 a(R=2)=(!a) from |
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radiation into measured jets, and logs of =(2) and=(2 tanR |
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2) from radiation from |
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unmeasured jets cut o by the energy . In addition, though not illustrated in Fig. 1, |
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there can be logs of multiple jet shapes to one another, i |
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a=j |
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a. No single choice of a soft |
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scaleSwill minimize all of these logs. |
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In the present work, we will start with the simple strategy of choosing a single soft |
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scaleS!a=tan1 a(R=2) for a jet whose shape awe are measuring and logs of which |
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we aim to resum. We will calculate hard/jet/soft functions and anomalous dimensions |
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corresponding to \NLL" accuracy listed in Fig. 1. By this we do not mean all potentially |
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large logs in Eq. ( 1.2) are resummed to NLL, but only those logs of ratios of a jet scale to |
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the hard scale or of the (common) soft scale to the hard scale. We do not attempt to sum |
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logs of ratios of soft scales to one another completely to NLL accuracy (which can contain |
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a). In the case that all jets' shapes are measured and are similar to one another, i |
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aj |
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a, |
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our resummation of large logs of i |
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awould be complete to NLL accuracy. |
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We will nevertheless venture to propose a framework to \refactorize" the soft function |
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into further pieces dependent on only a single soft scale at a time and perform additional |
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RG running between these scales to resum the additional logarithms, and will implement |
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it at the level of the O(s) soft functions we calculate. However, one cannot really address |
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mixed logarithms such as log( i |
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a=j |
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a) that arise for multiple jets until O(2 |
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s), the rst order |
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at which two soft gluons can probe two dierent physical regions. This lies beyond the |
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scope of the present work. (We note, however, that our implementation of refactorization |
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using the one-loop soft function does already seem to tame logarithmic dependence on |
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in our numerical studies of jet shape distributions.) |
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These issues are related to some types of \non-global" logarithms described by [ 46,56, |
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57,58] that spoil the simple characterization of NLL accuracy. In [ 59] these were identied |
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as next-to-leading logs of R2=(!ia) and =Q(whenR1) that appear at O(2 |
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s) in jet |
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shape distributions. These authors organized the radiator for a single jet shape distribution |
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into a \global" and \non-global" part [ 58,59], |
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R(i |
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a;R;;!i;Q) =Rgl |
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i |
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a;R; |
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Q |
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RngR2 |
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!iia; |
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Q |
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: (1.6) |
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In this language, the calculations we undertake in this paper resum logs in the global part |
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to NLL accuracy but not in the non-global part. The rst argument in Rngis related |
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to ratios of soft scales illustrated in Fig. 1, and the second argument arises when there |
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are unmeasured jets. In the case that all jets are measured, R1, and !ii |
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a, the |
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non-global logs vanish. |
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While summing all global and non-global logs to at least NLL accuracy will be impor- |
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tant for precision jet phenomenology, what we contribute in this paper are key developments |
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and calculations necessary to resum even global logs of jet shapes for jets dened with al- |
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gorithms. We also believe the eective theory approach and the idea of refactorizing the |
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soft function will help us understand and resum many types of non-global logarithms. |
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{ 10 {1.5 Detailed Outline of This Work |
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In this paper, we will formulate and prove a factorization theorem for distributions in the |
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jet shape variables we introduced above, calculate the jet and soft functions appearing in |
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the factorization theorem to O(s) in SCET, and use the renormalization group evolution |
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of these functions to sum global logs of ato NLL accuracy. We consider Njets (dened |
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with a cone or k Talgorithm) produced in an e+e collision, with Mof the jets' shapes |
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(angularities) being measured. The key formal result is our demonstration of Eq. ( 1.3), |
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the consistency of the anomalous dimensions of hard, jet and soft functions to O(s) for |
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any number of total jets, any numbers of quark and gluon jets, any number of these jets |
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whose shapes are measured, and any value of the distance measure Rin cone or k T- |
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type algorithms (as long as t1). These results lead to accurate predictions for the |
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shape of the adistribution near the peak, but not necessarily the endpoints for very |
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smalla(where hadronization corrections dominate) and very large a(where xed-order |
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NLO QCD corrections take over, which are not yet calculated and not captured by NLL |
|
resummation).3 |
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In Sec. 2we describe in detail the jet shapes and jet algorithms that we use. We describe |
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features of an \ideal" jet algorithm that would respect exactly the order of operations |
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envisioned in the factorization theorem derived in SCET, and the extent to which cone |
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and recombination algorithms actually in use resemble this idealization. |
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In Sec. 3, using the tools of SCET, we will derive in detail a factorization theorem |
|
for exclusive 3-jet production where we measure the angularity jet shape of one of the |
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jets, and then perform the straightforward extension to N-jet production with MN |
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measured jets. We will give a review of the necessary technical details of SCET in Sec. 3.1. |
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In the process of justifying the factorization theorem, we identify the new requirements |
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listed above on N-jet nal states and jet algorithms that must be satised for factorization |
|
to hold. In Sec. 3.4we explore in some detail the power corrections to the factorization |
|
theorem due to soft radiation and the action of jet algorithms that cause tension with these |
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requirements, and argue that for suciently large Rin infrared-safe cone and recombination |
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algorithms, these corrections are suciently small. |
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Next we calculate to O(s) the jet and soft functions corresponding to Ncone or |
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kT-type jets, with Mjets' shapes measured. |
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In Sec. 4we calculate the jet functions for measured quark jets, Jq |
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!(a), unmeasured |
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quark jets,Jq |
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!, measured gluon jets, Jg |
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!(a), and unmeasured gluon jets, Jg |
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!, where!= 2EJ |
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is the label momentum of the collinear jet eld in each jet function. We nd that in collinear |
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sectors for measured jets, the collinear scale (and thus the SCET power counting parameter |
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in that sector i) is given by !i1=(2 a) |
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a , and in unmeasured jet sectors, itan(R=2). |
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In studying power corrections, however, as mentioned above, we nd that Rmust be |
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parametrically larger than a. So, in collinear sectors for measured jets, iis set by the |
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3Jet shapes were also studied in the QCD factorization approach in [ 60]. In that work QCD jet functions |
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for quark and gluon jets dened with an algorithm and whose jet masses m2 |
|
Jare measured were calculated |
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toO(s). The jet mass2corresponds to afora= 0,0=m2=!2(01). A xed-order QCD jet function |
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as dened in [ 60] is given by the convolution of our xed-order SCET jet function and soft function for a |
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measured jet away from a= 0. |
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{ 11 {shapeawithR0 |
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i, while in unmeasured jet sectors, itan(R=2). Thus one should |
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understand tan( R=2) to be signicantly less than 1 but much larger than any jet shape a. |
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In Sec. 5we calculate the soft function. To do this, we split the soft function into several |
|
contributions from dierent parts of phase space in order to facilitate the calculation and |
|
elucidate its intuitive structure. We nd it most convenient to split the soft function into |
|
an observable-independent part that arises from soft emission out of the jets, Sunmeas, and |
|
a part that depends on our choice of angularities as the observable that arises from soft |
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emission into measured jet i,Smeas(i |
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a).Sunmeasis hence sensitive to the scale while |
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Smeas(i |
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a) is sensitive to the scale !ii |
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a. |
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In Sec. 6, having calculated all the jet and soft function contributions to O(s), we |
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extract the anomalous dimensions and perform renormalization-group (RG) evolution. We |
|
nd the hard anomalous dimension from existing results in the literature. The hard, jet, |
|
and soft anomalous dimensions have to satisfy the consistency condition Eq. ( 1.3) in order |
|
for the physical cross section to be independent of the arbitrary factorization scale . Our |
|
calculations reveal that, as long as the jet separation parameter tEq. ( 1.4) between all |
|
pairs of jets is much larger than 1, the condition is satised. |
|
Even after requiring t1, the satisfaction of the consistency condition is non-trivial. |
|
The hard function knows only about the direction of each jet and the jet function knows |
|
only the jet size R; the soft function knows about both. Furthermore, it is not sucient |
|
only to include regions of phase space where radiation enters the measured jets. We learn |
|
from our results in this Section that it is crucial to include soft radiation outside of all jets |
|
with an upper energy cuto of . Only after including all of these contributions from the |
|
various parts of phase space do the jet, hard, and soft anomalous dimensions cancel and |
|
we arrive at a consistent factorization theorem. |
|
We conclude Sec. 6by proposing in Sec. 6.4a strategy to sum logs due to a hierarchy |
|
of scales in the soft function, by \refactorizing" it into multiple pieces, each sensitive to a |
|
single scale, as suggested by the discussion surrounding Fig. 1. Our current implementation |
|
of this procedure does tame the logarithmic dependence of jet shape distributions on the |
|
ratio =!in our numerical studies, but we leave for further development the resummation |
|
of all \non-global" logs of ratios of multiple soft scales that begin at NLL and O(2 |
|
s). |
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To help the reader nd the results of the calculations in Sec. 4through Sec. 6just |
|
outlined, Table 1provides a summary with equation numbers. |
|
In Sec. 7we compare our resummed perturbative predictions for jet shape distributions |
|
to the output of a Monte Carlo event generator. We test both the accuracy of these |
|
predictions and assess the extent to which hadronization corrections aect jet shapes. We |
|
will illustrate our results in the case of e+e !3 jets, with the jets constrained to be |
|
in a conguration where each has equal energy and are maximally separated. In both |
|
the eective theory and Monte Carlo, we can take the jets to have been produced by an |
|
underlying hard process e+e !qqg. After placing cuts on jets to ensure each parton |
|
corresponds to a nearby jet, we measure the angularity jet shape of one of the jets. We |
|
compare our resummed theoretical predictions with the Monte Carlo output for quark and |
|
gluon jet shapes with various values of aandR. We nd that the dependencies on aandR |
|
of the shapes of the distribution and the peak value of aagree well between the theory and |
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{ 12 {Category Contribution Symbol Location |
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measured quark jet function Jq |
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!(a) Eq. ( 4.11) |
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unmeas. quark jet function Jq |
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! Eq. ( 4.17) |
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measured gluon jet function Jg |
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!(a) Eq. ( 4.25) |
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unmeas. gluon jet function Jg |
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! Eq. ( 4.26) |
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NLO contributions summary of divergent| Table 2before resummation: parts of soft func. (any t) |
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total universalSunmeasEq. ( 5.20)soft func. (large t) |
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total measuredSmeas(i |
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a) Eq. ( 5.22)soft func. (large t) |
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anomalous dimensions: | | Table 3 |
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measured jet function fi |
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J(i |
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a;i |
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J)Eq. ( 6.42a ) |
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NLO contributions measured soft function fS(i |
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a;i |
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J)Eq. ( 6.42b ) |
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after resummation: unmeas. jet function Ji |
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!(J) Eq. ( 6.43a ) |
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universal soft function Sunmeas( |
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S)Eq. ( 6.43b ) |
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Total NLL Distribution: | | Eq. ( 6.40) |
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Table 1: Directory of main results: the xed-order NLO quark and gluon jet functions for jets |
|
whose shapes aare measured or not; the xed-order NLO contributions to the soft functions from |
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parts of phase space where a soft gluon enters a measured jet, Smeas(a), or not,Sunmeas; their |
|
anomalous dimensions; the contributions the jet and soft functions make to the nite part of the |
|
NLL resummed distributions; and the full NLL resummed jet shape distribution itself. |
|
Monte Carlo, with small but noticeable corrections due to hadronization. We can estimate |
|
these corrections by comparing output with hadronization turned on or o in Monte Carlo. |
|
In Sec. 8, we give our conclusions and outlook. We also collect a number of technical |
|
details and results for O(s) nite pieces of jet and soft functions in the Appendices. |
|
Our work is, to our knowledge, the rst achieving factorization and resummation of a |
|
jet observable distribution in an exclusive N-jet nal state dened by a non-hemisphere jet |
|
algorithm.4Having demonstrated the consistency of this factorization for any number of |
|
quark and gluon jets, measured and unmeasured jets, and phase space cuts in cone and k T- |
|
type algorithms, and having constructed a framework to resum logarithms of jet shapes in |
|
the presence of these phase space cuts, we hope to have provided a starting point for future |
|
precision calculations of many jet observables both in e+e and hadron-hadron collisions. |
|
The case of ppcollisions will require a number of modications, including turning two of |
|
our outgoing jet functions into incoming \beam functions" introduced in [ 62]. We leave |
|
this generalization for future work. |
|
The reader wishing to follow the general structure of our ideas and logic and understand |
|
the basis of the nal results of the paper without working through all the technical details |
|
may read Secs. 1and2, and then skip to Sec. 7. Some short less technical discussion also |
|
appears in Sec. 3.4. |
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4Dijet cross sections for cone jets were factorized and resummed in [ 61]. |
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{ 13 {2. Jet Shapes and Jet Algorithms |
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2.1 Jet Shapes |
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Event shapes, such as thrust, characterize events based on the distribution of energy in |
|
the nal state by assigning diering weights to events with diering energy distributions. |
|
Events that are two-jet like, with two very collimated back-to-back jets, produce values of |
|
the observable at one end of the distribution, while spherical events with a broad energy |
|
distribution produce values of the observable at the other end of the distribution. While |
|
event shapes can quantify the global geometry of events, they are not sensitive to the |
|
detailed structure of jets in the event. Two classes of events may have similar values of |
|
an event shape but characteristically dierent structure in terms of number of jets and the |
|
energy distribution within those jets. |
|
Jet shapes, which are event shape-like observables applied to single jets, are an eective |
|
tool to measure the structure of individual jets. These observables can be used to not only |
|
quantify QCD-like events, but study more complex, non-QCD topologies, as illustrated |
|
for light quark vs. top quark and Zjets in [ 12,60]. Broad jets, with wide-angle energy |
|
depositions, and very collimated jets, with a narrow energy prole, take on distinct values |
|
for jet shape observables. In this work, we consider the example of the class of jet shapes |
|
called angularities, dened in Eq. ( 1.1) and denoted a. Every value of acorresponds to |
|
a dierent jet shape. As adecreases, the angularity weights particles at the periphery |
|
of the jet more, and is therefore more sensitive to wide-angle radiation. Simultaneous |
|
measurements of the angularity of a jet for dierent values of acan be an additional probe |
|
of the structure of the jet. |
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2.2 Jet Algorithms |
|
A key component of the distribution of jet shapes is the jet algorithm, which builds jets |
|
from the nal state particles in an event. (We are using the term \particle" generically here |
|
to refer to actual individual tracks, to cells/towers in a calorimeter, to partons in a pertur- |
|
bative calculation, and to combinations of these objects within a jet.) Since the underlying |
|
jet is not intrinsically well dened, there is no unique jet algorithm and a wide variety of jet |
|
algorithms have been proposed and implemented in experiments. The details of each algo- |
|
rithm are motivated by particular properties desired of jets, and dierent algorithms have |
|
dierent strengths and weaknesses. In this work we will calculate angularity distributions |
|
for jets coming from a variety of algorithms. Because we calculate (only) at next-to-leading |
|
order, there are at most 2 particles in a jet, and jet algorithms that implement the same |
|
phase space cuts at NLO simplify to the same algorithm. At this order the two standard |
|
classes of algorithms, cone algorithms and recombination algorithms, each simplify to a |
|
generic jet algorithm at NLO. At NLO the cone algorithms place a constraint on the sep- |
|
aration between each particle and the jet axis, while the recombination algorithms place a |
|
constraint on the separation between the two particles. |
|
Cone algorithms build jets by grouping particles within a xed geometric shape, the |
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cone, and nding \stable" cones. A cone contains all of the particles within an angle Rof |
|
the cone axis, and the angular parameter Rsets the size of the jet. In found jets (stable |
|
{ 14 {cones), the direction of the total three-momentum of particles in the cone equals the cone |
|
(jet) axis. Dierent cone algorithms employ dierent methods to nd stable cones and |
|
deal with dierently the \split/merge" problem of overlapping stable cones. The SISCone |
|
algorithm [ 63] is a modern implementation of the cone algorithm that nds all stable cones |
|
and is free of infrared unsafety issues. In the next-to-leading order calculation we perform, |
|
there are at most two particles in a jet, and we only consider congurations where all jets |
|
are well-separated. Therefore, it is straightforward to nd all stable cones, there are no |
|
issues with overlapping stable cones, and the phase space cuts of all cone algorithms are |
|
equivalent. This simplies all standard cone algorithms to a generic cone-type algorithm, in |
|
which each particle is constrained to be within an angle Rof the jet axis. For a two-particle |
|
jet, if we label the particles 1 and 2 and the jet axis n, then the cone-like constraints for |
|
the two particles to be in a jet are |
|
cone jet:1n<R and2n<R: (2.1) |
|
This denes our cone-type algorithm. |
|
Recombination algorithms build jets by recursively merging pairs of particles. Two |
|
distance metrics, dened by the algorithm, determine when particles are merged and when |
|
jets are formed. A pairwise metric pair(the recombination metric) denes a distance |
|
between pairs of particles, and a single particle metric jet(the beam, or promotion, metric) |
|
denes a distance for each single particle. Using these metrics, a recombination algorithm |
|
builds jets with the following procedure:5 |
|
0. Begin with a list Lof particles. |
|
1. Find the smallest distance for all pairs of particles (using pair) and all single particles |
|
(usingjet). |
|
2a. If the smallest distance is from a pair, merge those particles together by adding their |
|
four momenta. Replace the pair in Lwith the new particle. |
|
2b. If the smallest distance is from a single particle, promote that particle to a jet and |
|
remove it from L. |
|
3. Loop back to step 1 until all particles have been merged into jets. |
|
The k T, Cambridge-Aachen, and anti-k Talgorithms are common recombination algo- |
|
rithms, and their distance metrics are part of a general class of recombination algorithms. |
|
Fore+e colliders, a class of recombination algorithms can be dened by the parameter : |
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pair(i;j) = min |
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E |
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i;E |
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jij |
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R |
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jet(i) =E |
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i; (2.2) |
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5This denes an inclusive recombination algorithm more typically applied to hadron-hadron colliders. |
|
We are applying it here to the simpler case of e+e collisions in order to facilitate the eventual transition |
|
to LHC studies. Exclusive recombination algorithms, more typical of e+e collisions, are described along |
|
with other jet algorithms in [ 64] and their description in SCET is given in [ 32]. |
|
{ 15 {where= 1 for k T, 0 for Cambridge-Aachen, and 1 for the anti-k Talgorithm. The |
|
parameterRsets the maximum angle between two particles for a single recombination.6 |
|
In the multijet congurations we consider the jets are separated by an angle larger than |
|
R, so that only the pairwise metric is relevant for describing the phase space constraints |
|
for particles in each jet. For a two-particle (NLO) jet, the only phase space constraint |
|
imposed by this class of recombination algorithms is that the two particles be separated |
|
by an angle less than R: |
|
kTjet:12<R: (2.3) |
|
This denes a generic recombination algorithm suitable for our calculation. We will denote |
|
this as the k T-type algorithm. |
|
The congurations with two widely separated energetic particles best distinguish cone- |
|
type jets from k T-type jets at NLO. For instance, the case where the two energetic particles |
|
are at opposite edges of a cone jet (at an angle 2 Rapart) is not a single k Tjet. However, it |
|
is important to note that these congurations will not be accurately described in this SCET |
|
calculation for R, as such congurations are power suppressed in our description of |
|
jets. Our concern is in accurately describing the congurations with narrow jets (small a), |
|
and not the wide angle congurations above. |
|
Because jets are reliable degrees of freedom and provide a useful description of an |
|
event when they have large energy, in the description of an event we impose a cut on |
|
the minimum energy of jets. An N-jet event, therefore, is one where Njets have energy |
|
larger than the cuto , with any number of jets having energy less than the cuto. In |
|
our calculation, we impose the same constraint: any jet with energy less than is not |
|
considered when we count the number of jets in the nal state. This imposes phase space |
|
cuts: for a gluon radiated outside of all jets in the event, that gluon is required to have |
|
energyEg< to maintain the same number of jets in the event. The proper division of |
|
phase space in calculating the jet and soft functions is a key part of the discussion below, |
|
and careful treatment of the phase space cuts is needed. |
|
2.3 Do Jet Algorithms Respect Factorization? |
|
The factorization theorem places specic requirements on the structure of jet algorithms |
|
used to describe events. As in Eq. ( 1.2), the factorization theorem divides the cross section |
|
into separately calculable hard, jet, and soft functions. The hard function depends only on |
|
the conguration of jets, while the jet and soft functions describe the degrees of freedom |
|
in each jet in terms of the observable . While the soft function is global, the jet function |
|
depends only on the collinear degrees of freedom in a single jet. The limited dependence |
|
of the hard and jet functions implies constraints on the jet algorithm. |
|
Because jets are built from the long distance degrees of freedom arising from evolution |
|
of energetic partons to lower energies, the conguration of jets in an event depends on |
|
dynamics across all energy scales. This naively breaks factorization in SCET, since the |
|
6We useRfor both cone and k Talgorithms for ease of notation. For k T, this parameter is sometimes |
|
referred to as D. We emphasize that having the same size Rfor dierent algorithms does not in general |
|
guarantee the same sized jets. |
|
{ 16 {conguration of jets in the hard function would depend on dynamics at low energy in the |
|
soft function. However, we can describe a jet algorithm that respects factorization, and in |
|
Sec.3.4we will parameterize the power corrections that arise from various algorithms. |
|
The primary constraint on the jet algorithm in order to satisfy the factorization the- |
|
orem is that the phase space cuts on the collinear particles in the jet are determined only |
|
by the collinear degrees of freedom. This essentially ensures that the jet functions are |
|
independent of dynamics in the soft function. Correspondingly the soft function can only |
|
know about the jet directions and their color representations. The direction of the jet is |
|
naturally set by the collinear particles, as soft particles have energy parametrically lower |
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than the collinear ones and change the jet direction by a power suppressed amount. The |
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further restriction that the phase space cuts on the collinear degrees of freedom are in- |
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dependent of the soft degrees of freedom places a strong constraint on the action of the |
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jet algorithm. Cone algorithms already implement this constraint: the jet boundary (the |
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cone) is determined by the location of the jet axis, which is the direction of the sum of |
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all collinear particles up to a power correction. Recombination algorithms, however, are |
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constrained by the factorization theorem to operate in a specic way: all collinear particles |
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must be recombined before soft particles. As discussed in Sec. 3.4, commonly used algo- |
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rithms obey this constraint up to power corrections in the observable for measured jets. |
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Of particular note is the anti-kT algorithm, which exhibits behavior very close to what is |
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required by the factorization theorem (similarly to the way cone algorithms behave). |
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3. Factorization of Jet Shape Distributions in e+e toNJets |
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In this Section we formulate a factorization theorem for jet shape distributions in e+e |
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annihilation to Njets. All the formal aspects we need to describe an N-jet cross section |
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appear already in the 3-jet cross section, so we will give explicit details only for that |
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case. We will use the framework of Soft-Collinear Eective Theory (SCET), developed in |
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[21,22,23,24], to formulate the factorization theorem. We begin with a basic review of |
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the relevant aspects of the eective theory. |
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3.1 Overview of SCET |
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SCET is the eective eld theory for QCD with all degrees of freedom integrated out, other |
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than those traveling with large energy but small virtuality along a light-like trajectory |
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n, and those with small, or soft, momenta in all components. A particularly useful set |
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of coordinates is light-cone coordinates, which uses light-like directions nand n, with |
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n2= n2= 0 andnn= 2. In Minkowski coordinates, we take n= (1;0;0;1) and |
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n= (1;0;0; 1), corresponding to collinear particles moving in the + zdirection. A generic |
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four-vector pcan be decomposed into components |
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p= npn |
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2+npn |
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2+p |
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?: (3.1) |
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In terms of these components, p= (np;np;p?), collinear and soft momenta scale with |
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some small parameter as |
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pn=E(1;2;); psE(2;2;2); (3.2) |
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{ 17 {whereEis a large energy scale, for example, the center-of-mass energy in an e+e collision. |
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is then the ratio of the typical transverse momentum of the constituents of the jet to the |
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total jet energy. Quark and gluon elds in QCD are divided into collinear and soft eective |
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theory elds with these respective momentum scalings: |
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q(x) =qn(x) +qs(x); A(x) =A |
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n(x) +A |
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s(x): (3.3) |
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We factor out a phase containing the largest components of the collinear momentum from |
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the eldsqn;An. Dening the \label" momentum ~ p |
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n= n~pnn |
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2+ ~p |
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?, where n~pncontains |
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theO(1) part of the large light-cone component of the collinear momentum pn, and ~p?the |
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O() transverse component, we can partition the collinear elds qn;Aninto their labeled |
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components, |
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qn(x) =X |
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~p6=0e i~pxqn;p(x); A |
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n(x) =X |
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~p6=0e i~pxA |
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n;p(x): (3.4) |
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The sums are over a discrete set of O(1;) label momenta into which momentum space is |
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partitioned. The bin ~ p= 0 is omitted to avoid double-counting the soft mode in Eq. ( 3.3) |
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[65]. The labeled elds qn;p;An;pnow have spacetime
uctuations in xwhich are conjugate |
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to \residual" momenta kof the order E2, describing remaining
uctuations within each |
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labeled momentum partition [ 23,65]. It will be convenient to dene label operators P= |
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nPn=2 +P |
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?which pick out just the label components of momentum of a collinear eld: |
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Pn;p(x) = ~pn;p(x): (3.5) |
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Ordinary derivatives @acting on eective theory elds n;p(x) are of order E2. |
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The nal step to construct the eective theory elds is to isolate the two large compo- |
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nents of the Dirac spinor qn;pfor a fermion with lightlike momentum along n. The large |
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components n;pand the small n;pcan be separated by the projections |
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n;p=n =n = |
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4qn;p;n;p=n =n = |
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4qn;p; (3.6) |
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and we have qn;p=n;p+ n;p. One can show, substituting these denitions into the QCD |
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Lagrangian, that the elds n;phave an eective mass of order Eand can be integrated |
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out of the theory. The eective theory Lagrangian at leading order in is [22,23,24] |
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LSCET =L+LAn+Ls; (3.7) |
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where the collinear quark Lagrangian Lis |
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L=n(x) |
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inD+iD =c |
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?Wn(x)1 |
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inPWy |
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n(x)iD =c |
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?n = |
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2n(x); (3.8) |
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whereWnis the Wilson line of collinear gluons, |
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Wn(x) =X |
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permsexp |
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