Super-Leading Logarithms in $pp\to2$ Jets

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Main Authors: Becher, Thomas, Hager, Patrick, Martinelli, Giuliano, Neubert, Matthias, Schwienbacher, Dominik, Stillger, Michel
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author Becher, Thomas
Hager, Patrick
Martinelli, Giuliano
Neubert, Matthias
Schwienbacher, Dominik
Stillger, Michel
author_facet Becher, Thomas
Hager, Patrick
Martinelli, Giuliano
Neubert, Matthias
Schwienbacher, Dominik
Stillger, Michel
contents Jet observables at hadron colliders feature ''super-leading'' logarithms, double-logarithmic corrections resulting from a breakdown of color coherence due to complex phases in hard-scattering amplitudes. While these effects only arise in high orders of perturbation theory and are suppressed in the large-$N_c$ limit, they formally constitute leading logarithmic corrections to the cross sections. We present the first analysis of the corresponding contributions to a hadronic cross section, including all partonic channels and interference effects. Interestingly, some interference terms in partonic $q\bar q\to q\bar q$ scattering are only linearly suppressed in $1/N_c$. Our results for the $pp\to 2$ jets gap-between-jets cross section demonstrate the numerical importance of super-leading logarithms for small values of the veto scale $Q_0$, showing that these contributions should be accounted for in precision studies of such observables.
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spellingShingle Super-Leading Logarithms in $pp\to2$ Jets
Becher, Thomas
Hager, Patrick
Martinelli, Giuliano
Neubert, Matthias
Schwienbacher, Dominik
Stillger, Michel
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Jet observables at hadron colliders feature ''super-leading'' logarithms, double-logarithmic corrections resulting from a breakdown of color coherence due to complex phases in hard-scattering amplitudes. While these effects only arise in high orders of perturbation theory and are suppressed in the large-$N_c$ limit, they formally constitute leading logarithmic corrections to the cross sections. We present the first analysis of the corresponding contributions to a hadronic cross section, including all partonic channels and interference effects. Interestingly, some interference terms in partonic $q\bar q\to q\bar q$ scattering are only linearly suppressed in $1/N_c$. Our results for the $pp\to 2$ jets gap-between-jets cross section demonstrate the numerical importance of super-leading logarithms for small values of the veto scale $Q_0$, showing that these contributions should be accounted for in precision studies of such observables.
title Super-Leading Logarithms in $pp\to2$ Jets
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12742