Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape

Abstract In this paper, we explore the use of jet substructure as a way of probing phenomena which break the isotropic behavior of jets, such as jet propagation through an anisotropically flowing quark-gluon plasma or spin correlations. We introduce two novel observables for this purpose: the azimut...

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Main Authors: Weiyao Ke, John Terry, Ivan Vitev
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)097
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description Abstract In this paper, we explore the use of jet substructure as a way of probing phenomena which break the isotropic behavior of jets, such as jet propagation through an anisotropically flowing quark-gluon plasma or spin correlations. We introduce two novel observables for this purpose: the azimuthal-dependent jet broadening and the azimuthal-dependent jet shape, which generalize the traditional isotropic substructure studies. Using Soft-Collinear Effective Theory, we explicitly calculate the jet functions associated with these observables with a standard jet axis and with a Winner-Take-All jet axis in both the resummed and fixed order limits. While our analysis first and foremost establishes the formalism for the azimuthal-dependent jet substructure, it also brings to light new results for jet substructure in the azimuthally integrated case, such as the semi-inclusive jet function and the exclusive jet shape for the Winner-Take-All axis, and the jet broadening in the fixed order region. As an illustrative example for the new formalism we demonstrate that the azimuthal-dependent jet broadening can be used as a direct probe of the transversity parton distribution function in deep inelastic scattering.
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spelling doaj-art-4e060c7606d34b4187f0c79ae11ac8fb2025-08-20T03:42:19ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-07-012025715810.1007/JHEP07(2025)097Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shapeWeiyao Ke0John Terry1Ivan Vitev2Institute of Particle Physics and Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MOE), Central China Normal UniversityTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratoryTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratoryAbstract In this paper, we explore the use of jet substructure as a way of probing phenomena which break the isotropic behavior of jets, such as jet propagation through an anisotropically flowing quark-gluon plasma or spin correlations. We introduce two novel observables for this purpose: the azimuthal-dependent jet broadening and the azimuthal-dependent jet shape, which generalize the traditional isotropic substructure studies. Using Soft-Collinear Effective Theory, we explicitly calculate the jet functions associated with these observables with a standard jet axis and with a Winner-Take-All jet axis in both the resummed and fixed order limits. While our analysis first and foremost establishes the formalism for the azimuthal-dependent jet substructure, it also brings to light new results for jet substructure in the azimuthally integrated case, such as the semi-inclusive jet function and the exclusive jet shape for the Winner-Take-All axis, and the jet broadening in the fixed order region. As an illustrative example for the new formalism we demonstrate that the azimuthal-dependent jet broadening can be used as a direct probe of the transversity parton distribution function in deep inelastic scattering.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)097Jets and Jet SubstructureEffective Field Theories of QCDFactorizationRenormalization Group
spellingShingle Weiyao Ke
John Terry
Ivan Vitev
Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
Journal of High Energy Physics
Jets and Jet Substructure
Effective Field Theories of QCD
Factorization
Renormalization Group
title Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
title_full Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
title_fullStr Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
title_full_unstemmed Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
title_short Anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
title_sort anisotropic jet broadening and jet shape
topic Jets and Jet Substructure
Effective Field Theories of QCD
Factorization
Renormalization Group
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)097
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