Threshold factorization of the Drell-Yan quark-gluon channel and two-loop soft function at next-to-leading power

Author(s)
Alessandro Broggio, Sebastian Jaskiewicz, Leonardo Vernazza
Abstract

We present a factorization theorem of the partonic Drell-Yan off-diagonal processes gq¯ (qg) → γ∗+ X in the kinematic threshold regime z= Q2/ ŝ → 1 at general subleading powers in the (1 − z) expansion. Focusing on the first order of the expansion (next-to-leading power accuracy with respect to the leading power qq¯ channel), we validate the bare factorization formula up to O(αs2) . This is achieved by carrying out an explicit calculation of the generalized soft function in d-dimensions using the reduction to master integrals and the differential equations method. The collinear function is a universal object which we compute from an operator matching equation at one-loop level. Next, we integrate the soft and collinear functions over the convolution variables and remove the remaining initial state collinear singularities through PDF renormalization. The resulting expression agrees with the known cross section in the literature.

Organisation(s)
Particle Physics
External organisation(s)
Università degli Studi di Torino, Durham University, Istituto Nazionale di Fiscia Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino
Journal
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2023
No. of pages
42
ISSN
1029-8479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.06037
Publication date
12-2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103012 High energy physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b83763a5-866e-4a35-82a0-789405914e00