Next-to-leading order versus quark off-shellness and intrinsic k{sub T} in the Drell-Yan process

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.75.014016· OSTI ID:20933230

Linnyk, O; Leupold, S; Mosel, U ^[1]

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1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Giessen (Germany)

We calculate the effects of next-to-leading order perturbative QCD as well as of the quark transverse motion and off-shellness on the Drell-Yan process cross section. By studying the s{yields}{infinity} behavior of the cross section in these approaches, we find that the effects of quark off-shellness and intrinsic-k{sub T} parametrize those of higher twists. In particular, the off-shellness of partons generates part of the K-factor type corrections to the leading order cross section. Higher-twist contributions to the p{sub T}-spectrum of the Drell-Yan pairs are found to be large for presently accessible energies. The evolution of quark off-shellness distribution with the hard scale is also studied.

• OSTI ID: 20933230
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 75; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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