Les Houches Lectures on Soft-Collinear Effective Theory
Thomas Becher
TL;DR
This paper introduces Soft-Collinear Effective Theory and demonstrates its applications in resummation techniques for soft-photon effects, event-shape variables, and jet cross sections.
Contribution
It provides an accessible introduction to SCET and showcases its utility in various resummation problems in particle physics.
Findings
Resummation of soft-photon effects in QED
Application of SCET to event-shape variables
Analysis of jet cross sections using SCET
Abstract
These lectures provide an introduction to Soft-Collinear Effective Theory. As applications we discuss resummation for (i) soft-photon effects in QED, (ii) event-shape variables and (iii) jet cross sections.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · High-Energy Particle Collisions Research · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions