A Variable Flavour Number Scheme for Heavy Quark Production at Small x

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dc.creatorWhite, C. D.
dc.creatorThorne, R. S.
dc.date2006-03-03
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dc.descriptionWe define a new variable flavour number scheme for use in deep inelastic scattering, motivated by the need to consistently implement high energy resummations alongside a fixed order QCD expansion. We define the DIS(chi) scheme at fixed order, and show how to obtain the small x coefficient functions and heavy flavour matrix elements to leading order in the high energy resummation. We then implement these results in a global fit at LO which includes leading resummations with running coupling corrections. Finally, we address the impact of the resummed results on predictions for the longitudinal structure function. We find that they stabilise the behaviour of F_L at small x. Overall, we find that resummations significantly improve the fit to scattering data in the low x regime, although higher orders in the fixed order expansion are needed to describe current structure function and related data over the complete x range.
dc.description40 pages, 16 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0603030
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0603030
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D74:014002,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.014002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/182733
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleA Variable Flavour Number Scheme for Heavy Quark Production at Small x
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