Combined effect of QCD resummation and QED radiative correction to W boson observables at the Tevatron.
A precise determination of the W boson mass at the Fermilab Tevatron requires a theoretical calculation in which the effects of the initial-state multiple soft-gluon emission and the final-state photonic correction are simultaneously included. Here, we present such a calculation and discuss its prediction on the transverse mass distribution of the W boson and the transverse momentum distribution of its decay charged lepton, which are the most relevant observables for measuring the W boson mass at hadron colliders.
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Qing-Hong
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Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. cao@pa.msu.edu
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