Analysis of $(n+1)$ and $n$-parton contributions for computing QCD jet cross sections in the local analytic subtraction scheme

TL;DR

This paper develops and tests the Local Analytic Sector Subtraction scheme for NNLO QCD calculations, demonstrating its effectiveness in handling infrared singularities and computing jet cross sections with stability.

Contribution

It introduces the LASS scheme for infrared subtraction in NNLO QCD and provides a numerical implementation for $e^+e^- ightarrow 3$ jets, demonstrating pole cancellation and stable cross section computations.

Findings

Successful pole cancellation in double-virtual contributions

Stable and efficient computation of differential cross sections

Foundation for automated NNLO QCD calculation tools

Abstract

We analyze and implement the Local Analytic Sector Subtraction (LASS) scheme for handling infrared singularities in next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) calculations in perturbative QCD. We examine the key aspects of the scheme including sector function construction, singular limit parametrization, subtraction counterterm derivation, and integration techniques. As a proof-of-concept, we numerically implement LASS for the process $e^+e^- \rightarrow 3$ jets. In this study we examine the limiting behavior of subtraction terms for real-virtual contribution and explicitly demonstrate the pole cancellation of the double-virtual contribution. Differential cross sections are computed for several event shape observables, showing the stability and efficiency of LASS scheme. This work lays the foundation for developing an automated tool for NNLO QCD calculations using this promising scheme.