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Title: A study on the interplay between perturbative QCD and CSS/TMD formalism in SIDIS processes

Abstract

We study the Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) cross section as a function of the transverse momentum, qT. In order to describe it over a wide region of qT, soft gluon resummation has to be performed. Here we will use the original Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) formalism; however, the same procedure would hold within the improved Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) framework. We study the matching between the region where fixed order perturbative QCD can successfully be applied and the region where soft gluon resummation is necessary. We find that the commonly used prescription of matching through the so-called Y-factor cannot be applied in the SIDIS kinematical configurations we examine. In particular, the non-perturbative component of the resummed cross section turns out to play a crucial role and should not be overlooked even at relatively high energies. As a result, the perturbative expansion of the resummed cross section in the matching region is not as reliable as it is usually believed and its treatment requires special attention.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Univ. di Torino, Torino (Italy); INFN, Torino (Italy)
  2. INFN, Torino (Italy)
  3. Univ. di Torino, Torino (Italy)
  4. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1174146
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-14-1983; DOE/OR/23177-3221; arXiv:1412.1383
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; ArticleNumber: 95
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
QCD phenomenology; phenomenological models

Citation Formats

Boglione, M., Gonzalez Hernandez, J. O., Melis, S., and Prokudin, A. A study on the interplay between perturbative QCD and CSS/TMD formalism in SIDIS processes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2015)095.
Boglione, M., Gonzalez Hernandez, J. O., Melis, S., & Prokudin, A. A study on the interplay between perturbative QCD and CSS/TMD formalism in SIDIS processes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)095
Boglione, M., Gonzalez Hernandez, J. O., Melis, S., and Prokudin, A. 2015. "A study on the interplay between perturbative QCD and CSS/TMD formalism in SIDIS processes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)095.
@article{osti_1174146,
title = {A study on the interplay between perturbative QCD and CSS/TMD formalism in SIDIS processes},
author = {Boglione, M. and Gonzalez Hernandez, J. O. and Melis, S. and Prokudin, A.},
abstractNote = {We study the Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) cross section as a function of the transverse momentum, qT. In order to describe it over a wide region of qT, soft gluon resummation has to be performed. Here we will use the original Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) formalism; however, the same procedure would hold within the improved Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) framework. We study the matching between the region where fixed order perturbative QCD can successfully be applied and the region where soft gluon resummation is necessary. We find that the commonly used prescription of matching through the so-called Y-factor cannot be applied in the SIDIS kinematical configurations we examine. In particular, the non-perturbative component of the resummed cross section turns out to play a crucial role and should not be overlooked even at relatively high energies. As a result, the perturbative expansion of the resummed cross section in the matching region is not as reliable as it is usually believed and its treatment requires special attention.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP02(2015)095},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1174146}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 2,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}