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Resummation of transverse energy in vector boson and Higgs boson production at hadron colliders

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We compute the resummed hadronic transverse energy (E T ) distribution due to initial-state QCD radiation in vector boson and Higgs boson production at hadron colliders. The resummed exponent, parton distributions and coefficient functions are treated consistently to next-to-leading order. The results are matched to fixed-order calculations at large E T and compared with parton-shower Monte Carlo predictions at Tevatron and LHC energies.

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  1. Cavendish Laboratory, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, U.K.

    Andreas Papaefstathiou & Bryan R. Webber

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, U.K.

    Jennifer M. Smillie

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Papaefstathiou, A., Smillie, J.M. & Webber, B.R. Resummation of transverse energy in vector boson and Higgs boson production at hadron colliders. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 84 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2010)084

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