Particle Physics in Birmingham

Particle Physics Seminar

Wednesday 15th June 2016 at 13:30
Poynting Small Lecture Theatre

(tea, coffee and biscuits served at 13:15)

QCD Resummation for Collider Observables

Pier Monni (Oxford University)


Abstract

I will discuss the features of Sudakov resummation for jet observables used in collider phenomenology, and I will describe a general method to compute predictions to next-to-next-to-leading-logarithmic order. This approach does not require any observable-dependent factorisation theorem and therefore it can be applied to a wide class of jet observables. I will discuss some applications as well as comment on work in progress and future developments.