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Title: Limits on transverse momentum dependent evolution from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering at moderate Q

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  2. Farmingdale State College, NY (United States)
  3. Penn State Univ.-Berks, Reading, PA (United States)
  4. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

In the QCD evolution of transverse momentum dependent parton distribution and fragmentation functions, the Collins-Soper evolution kernel includes both a perturbative short-distance contribution and a large-distance nonperturbative, but strongly universal, contribution. In the past, global fits, based mainly on larger Q Drell-Yan–like processes, have found substantial contributions from nonperturbative regions in the Collins-Soper evolution kernel. In this article, we investigate semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering measurements in the region of relatively small Q, of the order of a few GeV, where sensitivity to nonperturbative transverse momentum dependence may become more important or even dominate the evolution. Using recently available deep inelastic scattering data from the COMPASS experiment, we provide estimates of the regions of coordinate space that dominate in transverse momentum dependent (TMD) processes when the hard scale is of the order of only a few GeV. We find that distance scales that are much larger than those commonly probed in large Q measurements become important, suggesting that the details of nonperturbative effects in TMD evolution are especially significant in the region of intermediate Q. Here, we highlight the strongly universal nature of the nonperturbative component of evolution and its potential to be tightly constrained by fits from a wide variety of observables that include both large and moderate Q. On this basis, we recommend detailed treatments of the nonperturbative component of the Collins-Soper evolution kernel for future TMD studies.

Research Organization:
Penn State Univ.-Berks, Reading, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-07ER41460; PHY-0969739
OSTI ID:
1906190
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 89, Issue 9; ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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