Quark Masses and Resummation in Precision QCD Theory

by B.F.L. Ward (Baylor University)

Friday 14 Mar 2008, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

It is shown that amplitude-based, exact resummation tames the un-cancelled IR divergences at O(alpha_s^2) in initial state radiation in QCD with massive quarks. Implications for precision predictions for LHC physics are discussed.