Three-loop jet function for boosted heavy quarks
Abstract We compute the inclusive jet function for boosted heavy quarks to O α s 3 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^3\right) $$ . The jet function is defined and calculated in the framework of boosted Heavy-Quark Effective Theory (bHQET). It describes the effect of radiation collimated in narrow jets...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)040 |
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| Summary: | Abstract We compute the inclusive jet function for boosted heavy quarks to O α s 3 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^3\right) $$ . The jet function is defined and calculated in the framework of boosted Heavy-Quark Effective Theory (bHQET). It describes the effect of radiation collimated in narrow jets arising from energetic heavy quarks on observables probing the jet invariant mass M in the region where M 2 – m 2 ≪ m 2, with m the heavy quark mass. This kinematic situation is relevant e.g. in boosted top (pair) production at high-energy colliders. We have verified that our result satisfies non-Abelian exponentiation and checked that our calculation reproduces the known cusp and non-cusp anomalous dimensions of the jet function to O α s 3 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^3\right) $$ . We also confirmed that the n ℓ 2 α s 3 $$ {n}_{\ell}^2{\alpha}_s^3 $$ contribution, where n ℓ is the number of massless quark flavors, agrees with the prediction from renormalon calculus. Our computation provides the last missing piece to obtain the N3LL′ resummed (self-normalized) thrust distribution used for the calibration of the top quark mass parameter in parton-shower Monte Carlo generators. Our result also contributes to the invariant mass distribution of reconstructed top quarks at N3LL′, which can be employed for a precise top mass determination at future lepton colliders. As a by-product, we obtain the relation between the pole and short-distance jet-mass schemes at O α s 3 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^3\right) $$ . Finally, we estimate the non-logarithmic contribution to the four-loop jet function based on renormalon dominance. |
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| ISSN: | 1029-8479 |