Speaker
Dr
Giancarlo Ferrera
(University of Florence)
Description
We consider the transverse-momentum (q_T) distribution of Drell--Yan lepton pairs produced in hadron collisions. At small values of q_T, we resum the logarithmically-enhanced perturbative QCD contributions up to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. At intermediate and large values of q_T, we consistently combine resummation with the known next-to-leading order perturbative result. All perturbative terms up to order alpha_S^2 are included in our computation which, after integration over q_T, reproduces the known next-to-next-to-leading order result for the Drell--Yan total cross section. We show and discuss the reduction in the scale dependence of the results with respect to lower-order calculations, estimating the corresponding perturbative uncertainty. We present a preliminary comparison with Tevatron Run II data.
Primary author
Dr
Giancarlo Ferrera
(University of Florence)
Co-authors
Daniel de Florian
(University of Buenos Aires)
Dr
Giuseppe Bozzi
(University of Milan)
Dr
Massimiliano Grazzini
(INFN Florence)
Dr
Stefano Catani
(INFN Florence)
