Measurement of Multijet Production in ep Collisions at High Q^2 and Determination of the Strong Coupling alpha_s

The H1 collaboration Andreev, V. ; Baghdasaryan, A. ; Begzsuren, K. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 75 (2015) 65, 2015.
Inspire Record 1301218 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.64353

Inclusive jet, dijet and trijet differential cross sections are measured in neutral current deep-inelastic scattering for exchanged boson virtualities 150 < Q^2 < 15000 GeV^2 using the H1 detector at HERA. The data were taken in the years 2003 to 2007 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 351 pb^{-1}. Double differential Jet cross sections are obtained using a regularised unfolding procedure. They are presented as a function of Q^2 and the transverse momentum of the jet, P_T^jet, and as a function of Q^2 and the proton's longitudinal momentum fraction, Xi, carried by the parton participating in the hard interaction. In addition normalised double differential jet cross sections are measured as the ratio of the jet cross sections to the inclusive neutral current cross sections in the respective Q^2 bins of the jet measurements. Compared to earlier work, the measurements benefit from an improved reconstruction and calibration of the hadronic final state. The cross sections are compared to perturbative QCD calculations in next-to-leading order and are used to determine the running coupling and the value of the strong coupling constant as alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1165 (8)_exp (38)_{pdf,theo}.

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Double-differential inclusive jet cross sections measured as a function of Q**2 and PT(JET) using the kT jet algorithm. The total systematic uncertainty sums all systematic uncertainties in quadrature, including the uncertainty due to the LAr noise of 0.5% and the total normalisation uncertainty of 2.9%. The correction factors on the theoretical cross sections C(HAD) and C(EW) are listed in the rightmost columns.

Double-differential dijet cross sections measured as a function of Q**2 and MEAN(PT(2JET)) using the kT jet algorithm. The total systematic uncertainty sums all systematic uncertainties in quadrature, including the uncertainty due to the LAr noise of 0.6% and the total normalisation uncertainty of 2.9%. The correction factors on the theoretical cross sections C(HAD) and C(EW) are listed in the rightmost columns.

Double-differential dijet cross sections measured as a function of Q**2 and XI(2) using the kT jet algorithm. The total systematic uncertainty sums all systematic uncertainties in quadrature, including the uncertainty due to the LAr noise of 0.6% and the total normalisation uncertainty of 2.9%. The correction factors on the theoretical cross sections C(HAD) and C(EW) are listed in the rightmost columns.

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

The ZEUS collaboration Abramowicz, H. ; Abt, I. ; Adamczyk, L. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 691 (2010) 127-137, 2010.
Inspire Record 848883 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.55309

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 Q^2 > 125 GeV^2 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(alphas^3) terms. Values of alphas(Mz) were extracted from the data; the results are compatible with and have similar precision to the value extracted from the kT analysis.

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Measured differential cross section DSIG/DE for inclusive jet production using the anti-KT jet algorithm.

Measured differential cross section DSIG/DE for inclusive jet production using the SIScone jet algorithm.

The measured differential cross section DSIG/DQ**2 for inclusive jet production using the anti-KT jet algorithm.

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Jet-radius dependence of inclusive-jet cross sections in deep inelastic scattering at HERA.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 649 (2007) 12-24, 2007.
Inspire Record 736199 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.45795

Differential inclusive-jet cross sections have been measured for different jet radii in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering for boson virtualities Q^2 > 125 GeV^2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 81.7 pb^-1. Jets were identified in the Breit frame using the k_T cluster algorithm in the longitudinally inclusive mode for different values of the jet radius R. Differential cross sections are presented as functions of Q^2 and the jet transverse energy, E_T,B^jet. The dependence on R of the inclusive-jet cross section has been measured for Q^2 > 125 and 500 GeV^2 and found to be linear with R in the range studied. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations give a good description of the measurements for 0.5 &lt;= R &lt;= 1. A value of alpha_s(M_Z) has been extracted from the measurements of the inclusive-jet cross-section dsigma/dQ^2 with R=1 for Q^2 > 500 GeV^2: alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1207 +- 0.0014 (stat.) -0.0033 +0.0035 (exp.) -0.0023 +0.0022 (th.). The variation of alpha_s with E_T,B^jet is in good agreement with the running of alpha_s as predicted by QCD.

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Inclusive-jet and dijet cross sections in deep inelastic scattering at HERA.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 765 (2007) 1-30, 2007.
Inspire Record 724050 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.45641

Inclusive-jet and dijet differential cross sections have been measured in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering for exchanged boson virtualities Q2 > 125 GeV2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 82 pb-1. Jets were identified in the Breit frame using the kt cluster algorithm. Jet cross sections are presented as functions of several kinematic and jet variables. The results are also presented in different regions of Q2. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations describe the measurements well. Regions of phase space where the theoretical uncertainties are small have been identified. Measurements in these regions have the potential to constrain the gluon density in the proton when used as inputs to global fits of the proton parton distribution functions.

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Dijet cross section as a function of Q**2 in the Breit frame.

Dijet cross section as a function of Bjorken X in the Breit frame.

Dijet cross section as a function of the mean ET of the jets in the Breit frame.

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