Four-loop splitting functions in QCD -- The gluon-gluon case --

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Autori principali: Falcioni, G., Herzog, F., Moch, S., Pelloni, A., Vogt, A.
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author Falcioni, G.
Herzog, F.
Moch, S.
Pelloni, A.
Vogt, A.
author_facet Falcioni, G.
Herzog, F.
Moch, S.
Pelloni, A.
Vogt, A.
contents We have computed the even-N moments N =< 20 of the gluon-gluon splitting function P_{gg} at the fourth order of perturbative QCD via the renormalization of off-shell operator matrix elements. Our results, derived analytically for a general compact simple gauge group, agree with all results obtained for this function so far, in particular with the lowest five moments obtained via structure functions in deep-inelastic scattering. Using our new moments and all available endpoint constraints, we construct improved approximations for the four-loop P_{gg}(x) that should be sufficient for a wide range of collider-physics applications. The N^3LO contributions to the scale derivative of the gluon distribution, resulting from these and the corresponding quark-to-gluon splitting functions, amount to 1% or less at x >~ 10^{-4} at a standard reference scale with alpha_s = 0.2.
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spellingShingle Four-loop splitting functions in QCD -- The gluon-gluon case --
Falcioni, G.
Herzog, F.
Moch, S.
Pelloni, A.
Vogt, A.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We have computed the even-N moments N =< 20 of the gluon-gluon splitting function P_{gg} at the fourth order of perturbative QCD via the renormalization of off-shell operator matrix elements. Our results, derived analytically for a general compact simple gauge group, agree with all results obtained for this function so far, in particular with the lowest five moments obtained via structure functions in deep-inelastic scattering. Using our new moments and all available endpoint constraints, we construct improved approximations for the four-loop P_{gg}(x) that should be sufficient for a wide range of collider-physics applications. The N^3LO contributions to the scale derivative of the gluon distribution, resulting from these and the corresponding quark-to-gluon splitting functions, amount to 1% or less at x >~ 10^{-4} at a standard reference scale with alpha_s = 0.2.
title Four-loop splitting functions in QCD -- The gluon-gluon case --
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08089