Novel analysis for the energy-energy correlation in electron-positron annihilation in the perturbative domain

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Autores principales: Ren, Zhu-Yu, Wang, Sheng-Quan, Shen, Jian-Ming, Wu, Xing-Gang, Di Giustino, Leonardo, Ratcliffe, Philip G., Brodsky, Stanley J.
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author Ren, Zhu-Yu
Wang, Sheng-Quan
Shen, Jian-Ming
Wu, Xing-Gang
Di Giustino, Leonardo
Ratcliffe, Philip G.
Brodsky, Stanley J.
author_facet Ren, Zhu-Yu
Wang, Sheng-Quan
Shen, Jian-Ming
Wu, Xing-Gang
Di Giustino, Leonardo
Ratcliffe, Philip G.
Brodsky, Stanley J.
contents The energy-energy correlation (EEC) in electron-positron annihilation plays a crucial role in precision tests of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and measurements of the QCD coupling constant. In this paper, we provide a novel analysis for the EEC by using the Principle of Maximum Conformality (PMC), a systematic method for eliminating renormalization scheme-and-scale ambiguities. The PMC scales are determined by resumming the non-conformal $β$-terms that govern the behavior of the QCD running coupling via the renormalization group equation, and reflect the virtuality of the propagating gluons in QCD. It is noteworthy that the resulting PMC scale varies dynamically with the EEC's angular distribution, reflecting the expected scale's physical behavior. Moreover, due to the reabsorption of all $β$-terms, including also those related to the divergent renormalon terms such as $n!β^n_0α^n_s$, in the pQCD series, the behavior of the QCD perturbative coefficient using PMC, differs entirely from that of the conventional coefficient. Consequently, the PMC predicted EEC distribution agrees well with the experimental data in the perturbative domain.
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spellingShingle Novel analysis for the energy-energy correlation in electron-positron annihilation in the perturbative domain
Ren, Zhu-Yu
Wang, Sheng-Quan
Shen, Jian-Ming
Wu, Xing-Gang
Di Giustino, Leonardo
Ratcliffe, Philip G.
Brodsky, Stanley J.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The energy-energy correlation (EEC) in electron-positron annihilation plays a crucial role in precision tests of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and measurements of the QCD coupling constant. In this paper, we provide a novel analysis for the EEC by using the Principle of Maximum Conformality (PMC), a systematic method for eliminating renormalization scheme-and-scale ambiguities. The PMC scales are determined by resumming the non-conformal $β$-terms that govern the behavior of the QCD running coupling via the renormalization group equation, and reflect the virtuality of the propagating gluons in QCD. It is noteworthy that the resulting PMC scale varies dynamically with the EEC's angular distribution, reflecting the expected scale's physical behavior. Moreover, due to the reabsorption of all $β$-terms, including also those related to the divergent renormalon terms such as $n!β^n_0α^n_s$, in the pQCD series, the behavior of the QCD perturbative coefficient using PMC, differs entirely from that of the conventional coefficient. Consequently, the PMC predicted EEC distribution agrees well with the experimental data in the perturbative domain.
title Novel analysis for the energy-energy correlation in electron-positron annihilation in the perturbative domain
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10723