arXiv Journal 2021-01-13

2021-01-13

• hep-ph: 1 paper
• hep-th: 1 paper

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hep-ph: 1 paper

Title: Physics with Leptons and Photons at the LHC [arXiv:2101.04127]

Abstract: We present a phenomenological study of photon–initiated (PI) lepton production at the LHC, as implemented in the structure function (SF) approach. We provide detailed predictions for multi–differential lepton pair production, and show that the impact on observables sensitive to the the weak mixing angle, sin2θW, and W boson mass, MW, as well as PDFs can be non–negligible, in particular given the high precision being aimed for. The SF calculation automatically provides percent level precision in the corresponding production cross section across all relevant regions of phase space, in a manner that cannot be straightforwardly achieved by alternative approaches. It is therefore uniquely positioned to account for LHC precision requirements. In addition to the pure γγ channel, we include initial–state Z as well as mixed γ/Z + q contributions, and assess their impact. We also consider photon–initiated lepton–lepton scattering, and again find the SF approach can provide high precision predictions for this process in way that can straightforwardly account for any fiducial cuts imposed. Finally, we provide a publicly available Monte Carlo generator, SFGen, for PI lepton pair production and lepton–lepton scattering within the SF approach, for use by the community.

Comments:

1. The author is from the MHST collaboration.
2. I wonder how they treat the PI lepton production in a structure function approach.
3. What we can do with the SFGen?

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hep-th: 1 paper

Title: On the Development of Effective Field Theory [arXiv:2101.04241]

Abstract: This is a lightly edited version of the talk given on September 30, 2020 to inaugurate the international seminar series All Things EFT. It reviews some of the early history of effective field theories, and concludes with a discussion of the implications of effective field theory for future discovery.

Comments:

1. The author is the Steven Weinberg himself.
2. This paper contain no equations, figures, but history of EFT, so that it is suitable for reading in casual time.