Initial-State Interactions and the Drell-Yan Process

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Geoffrey T. Bodwin · SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Stanley J. Brodsky · SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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It is shown that initial-state interactions violate the usual QCD factorization predictions for massive lepton-pair production in leading twist. The initial-state collisions correct $\frac{d\ensuremath{\sigma}}{d{Q}^{2}}d{x}_{\mathrm{F}}$ and also smear the lepton-pair transverse momentum distribution.

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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 47, Issue 25, pp. 1799-1803

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.47.1799

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 18.18

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