Triple-collinear splittings with massive particles
Prasanna K. Dhani, Germán Rodrigo, Germán F. R. Sborlini
Abstract
A bstract We analyze in detail the most singular behaviour of processes involving triple-collinear splittings with massive particles in the quasi-collinear limit, and present compact expressions for the splitting amplitudes and the corresponding splitting kernels at the squared-amplitude level. Our expressions fully agree with well-known triple-collinear splittings in the massless limit, which are used as a guide to achieve the final expressions. These results are important to quantify dominant mass effects in many observables, and constitute an essential ingredient of current high-precision computational frameworks for collider phenomenology.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsMassless particleObservableAmplitudePhenomenology (philosophy)Limit (mathematics)ColliderParticle physicsQuantum electrodynamicsQuantum mechanicsMathematical analysisEpistemologyMathematicsPhilosophyParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions