Analytic Methods for Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics

@misc{wunder2026analytic,
  title = {{Analytic Methods for Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics}},
  author = {Fabian Wunder},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.28019},
  eprint = {2609.28019},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28019},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Analytic Methods for Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics
AU  - Fabian Wunder
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/23
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.28019
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28019
AB  - Nature, at the shortest distances accessible to contemporary colliders, is described by the Standard Model of particle physics with remarkable precision. Since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, progress has shifted from finding new resonances to precision studies of established theory. Here, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), describing the interactions of quarks and gluons, plays a central role. Collider observables involving hadrons are made theoretically accessible by factorization, which separates universal long-distance hadron dynamics encoded in parton distributions from process-specific short-distance coefficients calculable in perturbation theory. This thesis develops analytic methods for perturbative QCD with applications to collider phenomenology and proton structure. A major part is devoted to angular integrals, key building blocks of phase-space integrals. Methods originally developed for Feynman integrals, including integration-by-parts identities, expansion by regions, differential equations, and dimensional shifts, are adapted to angular integrals and yield several new results. The analytic structure of one-loop integrals is also studied, with spurious branch cuts removed using single-valued polylogarithms, leading to a compact representation of coefficient functions for semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. A systematic expansion in higher powers of transverse momentum is developed and applied to the Drell-Yan process, refining the understanding of its factorization structure. Finally, a new semi-analytical ansatz for the evolution of parton distributions is explored. Together, these methods improve analytic control over radiative corrections, kinematic dependence, and scale evolution in processes relevant to the Electron-Ion Collider and other collider experiments.
ER  -