Di-lepton Rapidity Distribution in Drell-Yan Production to Third Order in QCD
Xuan Chen, Thomas Gehrmann, Nigel Glover, Alexander Huss, Tong-Zhi, Yang, Hua Xing Zhu
TL;DR
This paper presents the first calculation of the lepton-pair rapidity distribution in Drell-Yan production at N$^3$LO in QCD, revealing significant higher-order corrections and confirming recent total cross section results.
Contribution
It provides the first N$^3$LO computation of the lepton-pair rapidity distribution in Drell-Yan processes using an extended qT-subtraction method.
Findings
Sizeable QCD corrections at N$^3$LO across all rapidities
Independent confirmation of recent total Drell-Yan cross section results
Enhanced precision for theoretical predictions in Drell-Yan processes
Abstract
We compute for the first time the lepton-pair rapidity distribution in the photon-mediated Drell-Yan process to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (NLO) in QCD. The calculation is based on the qT-subtraction method, suitably extended to this order for quark-antiquark initiated Born processes. Our results display sizeable QCD corrections at NLO over the full rapidity region and provide a fully independent confirmation of the recent results for the total Drell-Yan cross section at this order.
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