Conveners
QCD: 1
- Xuan Chen (Shandong University)
QCD: 2
- Jun Gao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Description
Lattice simulations have established that the gluon propagator in the linear covariant gauges saturates to a finite value at the origin, signaling the emergence of a gluon mass scale in QCD. The Schwinger mechanism, a framework for generating masses for gauge Bosons without breaking the gauge symmetry of the underlying theory, provides an explanation of this observation. We briefly review how...
We present the first complete high-precision QCD corrections to the inclusive decay width $\Gamma_t$, the W-boson helicity fractions and semi-inclusive distributions for the top-quark decay process $t \rightarrow b + W^+ + X$ at next-to-next-to-next-to leading order (NNNLO) in the strong coupling constant $\alpha_s$. In particular, with the Standard Model parameters used in our calculations,...