Large-$p_\perp$ Heavy-Quark Production in Two-Photon Collisions

Details Large-$p_\perp$ Heavy-Quark Production in Two-Photon Collisions Large-$p_\perp$ Heavy-Quark Production in Two-Photon Collisions

Publishing date

1995-12-06

URL

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9512246v1

Journals

Nucl.Phys.B466:173-188,1996

Science

Physics

Field

High Energy Physics

SubField

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Additional info

17 pages, Latex, epsf, 7 figures appended as uuencoded file (hardcopy can be obtained upon request from mkraemer@desy.de)

Type

Scientific paper

Digital Object Identifier

10.1016/0550-3213(96)00067-3

Abstract

The next-to-leading-order (NLO) cross section for the production of heavy quarks at large transverse momenta ($p_\perp$) in $\gamma\gamma$ collisions is calculated with perturbative fragmentation functions (PFF's). This approach allows for a resummation of terms $\propto\alpha_s\ln(p_\perp^2/m^2)$ which arise in NLO from collinear emission of gluons by heavy quarks at large $p_\perp$ or from almost collinear branching of photons or gluons into heavy-quark pairs. We present single-inclusive distributions in $p_\perp$ and rapidity including direct and resolved photons for $\gamma\gamma$ production of heavy quarks at $e^+e^-$ colliders and at high-energy $\gamma\gamma$ colliders. The results are compared with the fixed-order calculation for $m$ finite including QCD radiative corrections. The two approaches differ in the definitions and relative contributions of the direct and resolved terms, but essentially agree in their sum. The resummation of the $\alpha_s \ln(p_\perp^2/m^2)$ terms in the PFF approach leads to a softer $p_\perp$ distribution and to a reduced sensitivity to the choice of the renormalization and factorization scales.

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