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An overview of transverse-momentum-dependent factorization and evolution

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I review TMD factorization and evolution theorems, with an emphasis on the treatment by Collins and originating in the Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) formalism. I summarize basic results while attempting to trace their development over that past several decades.

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Rogers, T.C. An overview of transverse-momentum-dependent factorization and evolution. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 153 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16153-7

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