Photon-induced jet production at future lepton colliders

TL;DR

This paper explores photon-induced jet production in high-energy electron-positron collisions to better understand the resolved photon structure and its contributions, which are currently not well constrained by experimental data.

Contribution

It provides a detailed phenomenological analysis of photon-induced jet production, highlighting its potential to improve understanding of the resolved photon structure in future collider experiments.

Findings

Photon-induced jet production can probe the resolved photon structure.

The study identifies key observables sensitive to photon parton content.

Results suggest potential for constraining photon PDFs with future data.

Abstract

The production of hadronic final states in electron-positron or electron-hadron collisions is induced predominantly by quasi-real photons that were emitted off incoming leptons. In these processes, the photon either enters directly or through its resolved parton content, which is at present only loosely constrained by experimental data. We perform a detailed phenomenological study of photon-induced jet production processes in high-energy $e^+e^-$ collisions, investigating in particular their potential to assess contributions from the resolved photon structure.