4–8 Aug 2015
America/Detroit timezone

N^3LO threshold corrections for top-pair and single-top production

4 Aug 2015, 14:00
30m
Room C (Michigan League)

Room C

Michigan League

Top Physics Top Physics

Speaker

Nikolaos Kidonakis (Kennesaw State University)

Description

I present a calculation of higher-order corrections from NNLL threshold resummation for cross sections and differential distributions in top-antitop pair production and in single-top production. I show that soft-gluon threshold corrections are the dominant contribution to top-quark production and closely approximate exact results through NNLO. I show aN$^3$LO results for the total $t{\bar t}$ cross section, the top-quark $p_T$ and rapidity distributions, and the top-quark forward-backward asymmetry. I also present aNNLO results for total cross sections and $p_T$ distributions in $t$-channel, $s$-channel, and $tW$-channel single-top production.
Oral or Poster Presentation Oral

Primary author

Nikolaos Kidonakis (Kennesaw State University)

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