QCD amplitudes with 2 initial spacelike legs via generalised BCFW recursion

Krzysztof Kutak, Andreas van Hameren, Mirko Serino

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Abstract

We complete the generalisation of the BCFW recursion relation to the off-shell case, allowing for the computation of tree level scattering amplitudes for full High Energy Factorisation (HEF), i.e. with both incoming partons having a non-vanishing transverse momentum. We provide explicit results for color-ordered amplitudes with two off-shell legs in massless QCD up to 4 point, continuing the program begun in two previous papers. For the 4-fermion amplitudes, which are not BCFW-recursible, we perform a diagrammatic computation, so as to offer a complete set of expressions. We explicitly show and discuss some plots of the squared 2 → 2 matrix elements as functions of the differences in rapidity and azimuthal angle of the final state particles.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2017
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gauge Symmetry
  • Perturbative QCD
  • Scattering Amplitudes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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