Inclusive-jet cross sections in NC DIS at HERA and a comparison of the kT, anti-kT and SIScone jet algorithms

Collaboration
Mar, 2010
27 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 691 (2010) 127-137
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Report number:
  • DESY-10-034
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
For the first time, differential inclusive-jet cross sections have been measured in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering using the anti- kT and SIScone algorithms. The measurements were made for boson virtualities Q2>125 GeV2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 82 pb −1 and the jets were identified in the Breit frame. The performance and suitability of the jet algorithms for their use in hadron-like reactions were investigated by comparing the measurements to those performed with the kT algorithm. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations give a good description of the measurements. Measurements of the ratios of cross sections using different jet algorithms are also presented; the measured ratios are well described by calculations including up to O(αs3) terms. Values of αs(MZ) were extracted from the data; the results are compatible with and have similar precision to the value extracted from the kT analysis.
Note:
  • 27 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables
  • Hadron-electron collisions
  • Deep inelastic scattering
  • Jet algorithms
  • Renormalization
  • QCD
  • Hadron–electron collisions
  • cross section: ratio
  • deep inelastic scattering: neutral current
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • higher-order: 1