09.12.2024 / 15:00 - 16:00 / Hamburg, SR2, Building 2a

Theory Seminar

The full range energy-energy correlator on tracks

Max Jaarsma (Nikhef)

Abstract: Energy correlators are a class of observables that probe correlations between the energies of final state particles. Over the past few years these observables have gained a lot of attention due to the fact that they are relatively easy to extract from experiment and can be predicted from theory with high precision. To probe energy correlations at very small angles, high precision angular measurements on the experimental side are required. Track-based measurements are ideal for this, as the angular resolution of tracking systems are superior compared to that of calorimeters. Using the track function formalism, we predict the shape of the energy-energy correlator at NLO. Moreover, we zoom in on both the collinear and back-to-back limit, where large logarithms spoil the perturbative expansion and resummation is required. In my talk I will discuss what energy correlators are and why they are being studied extensively at the moment. Additionally, I will discuss the benefits of track-based measurements and the track function formalism that allows for theoretical predictions of track-based observables. Finally I will discuss how we arrived at our prediction for the energy-energy correlator on tracks.

More Information: https://indico.desy.de/event/46608/