Variable flavor number scheme for heavy quark production at small x

White, C.D. and Thorne, R.S. (2006) Variable flavor number scheme for heavy quark production at small x. Physical Review D, 74(1), 014002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.014002)

Abstract

We define a new variable flavor number scheme for use in deep inelastic scattering, motivated by the need to consistently implement high energy resummations alongside a fixed order QCD expansion. We define the DIS(χ) scheme at fixed order, and show how to obtain the small x coefficient functions and heavy flavor matrix elements to leading order in the high energy resummation. We then implement these results in a global fit at LO which includes leading resummations with running coupling corrections. Finally, we address the impact of the resummed results on predictions for the longitudinal structure function. We find that they stabilize the behavior of FL at small x. Overall, we find that resummations significantly improve the fit to scattering data in the low x regime, although higher orders in the fixed order expansion are needed to describe current structure function and related data over the complete x range.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: White, Dr Christopher
• Authors: White, C.D., and Thorne, R.S.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physical Review D
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• ISSN: 1550-7998
• ISSN (Online): 1089-4918
• Published Online: 06 July 2006

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