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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Low Q**2 jet production at HERA and virtual photon structure.

The H1 collaboration Adloff, C. ; Aid, S. ; Anderson, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 415 (1997) 418-434, 1997.
Inspire Record 448449 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44498

The transition between photoproduction and deep-inelastic scattering is investigated in jet production at the HERA ep collider, using data collected by the H1 experiment. Measurements of the differential inclusive jet cross-sections dsigep/dEt* and dsigmep/deta*, where Et* and eta* are the transverse energy and the pseudorapidity of the jets in the virtual photon-proton centre of mass frame, are presented for 0 < Q2 < 49 GeV2 and 0.3 < y < 0.6. The interpretation of the results in terms of the structure of the virtual photon is discussed. The data are best described by QCD calculations which include a partonic structure of the virtual photon that evolves with Q2.

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The ET differential jet cross section in the virtual-photon CM frame.

The ET differential jet cross section in the virtual-photon CM frame.

The ET differential jet cross section in the virtual-photon CM frame.

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Dijet production in charged and neutral current e+ p interactions at high Q**2.

The H1 collaboration Adloff, C. ; Andreev, V. ; Andrieu, B. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 19 (2001) 429-440, 2001.
Inspire Record 534736 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46947

Jet production in charged and neutral current events in the kinematic range of Q^2 from 640 to 35000 GeV^2 is studied in deep-inelastic positron-proton scattering at HERA. The measured rate of multi-jet events and distributions of jet polar angle, transverse energy, dijet mass, and other dijet variables are presented. Using parton densities derived from inclusive DIS cross sections, perturbative QCD calculations in NLO are found to give a consistent description of both the neutral and charged current dijet production. A direct, model independent comparison of the jet distributions in charged and neutral current events confirms that the QCD dynamics of the hadronic final state is independent of the underlying electroweak scattering process.

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Rates of charged current events as a function of Q**2.

Rates of neutral current events as a function of Q**2.

Normalised distribution in Y2 for NC and CC dijet events. Y2 is the smallest scaled value of KT (KTJET**2/W**2) given by the combination of (2+1) jets. The +1 refers to the proton remnant jet.

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Measurement of inclusive jet cross-sections in deep-inelastic e p scattering at HERA.

The H1 collaboration Adloff, C. ; Andreev, V. ; Andrieu, B. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 542 (2002) 193-206, 2002.
Inspire Record 588263 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46544

A measurement of inclusive jet cross-sections in deep-inelastic ep scattering at HERA is presented based on data with an integrated luminosity of 21.1 pb^-1. The measurement is performed for photon virtualities Q^2 between 5 and 100 GeV^2, differentially in Q^2, in the jet transverse energy E_T, in E_T^2/Q^2 and in the pseudorapidity eta_lab. With the renormalization scale mu_R = E_T, perturbative QCD calculations in next-to-leading order (NLO) give a good description of the data in most of the phase space. Significant discrepancies are observed only for jets in the proton beam direction with E_T below 20 GeV and Q^2 below 20 GeV^2. This corresponds to the region in which NLO corrections are largest and further improvement of the calculations is thus of particular interest.

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Inclusive jet cross sections DSIG/DET(JET) as a function of ET(JET) in three pseudorapidity ranges.

Inclusive jet cross sections DSIG/DET(JET) as a function of ET(JET) in five Q**2 ranges for the forward pseudorapidity range 1.5 to 2.8.

Inclusive jet cross section DSIG/D(ET**2/Q**2) in the pseudorapidity range -1.0 to 0.5.

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Measurement of inclusive jet cross-sections in photoproduction at HERA

The H1 collaboration Adloff, C. ; Andreev, V. ; Andrieu, B. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 29 (2003) 497-513, 2003.
Inspire Record 613857 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46480

Inclusive jet cross sections are measured in photoproduction at HERA using the H1 detector. The data sample of e+ p -> e+ + jet + X events in the kinematic range of photon virtualities Q^2 &lt; 1 GeV^2 and photon-proton centre-of-mass energies 95 &lt; W_gammap &lt; 285 GeV represents an integrated luminosity of 24.1 pb^-1. Jets are defined using the inclusive k_T algorithm. Single- and multi-differential cross sections are measured as functions of jet transverse energy E_T^jet and pseudorapidity \eta^jet in the domain 5 &lt; E_T^jet &lt; 75 GeV and -1 &lt; \eta^jet &lt; 2.5. The cross sections are found to be in good agreement with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations corrected for fragmentation and underlying event effects. The cross section differential in E_T^jet, which varies by six orders of magnitude over the measured range, is compared with similar distributions from p pbar colliders at equal and higher energies.

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Measured differential E+ P cross section DSIG/DET for inclusive jet photoproduction (Q**2 < 1 GeV**2) integrated over the jet pseudorapidity range -1 to 2.5 in the W(C=GAMMA P) range 95 to 285 GeV.

Measured differential E+ P cross section DSIG/DET for inclusive jet photoproduction (Q**2 < 1 GeV**2) integrated over the jet pseudorapidity range -1 to 2.5 in the W(C=GAMMA P) ranges 95 to 212, and 212 to 285 GeV.

Measured differential E+ P cross section DSIG/DET for inclusive jet photoproduction for the two Q**2 ranges integrated over the jet pseudorapidity range -1to 2.5 in the W(C=GAMMA P) range 164 to 242 GeV.

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Measurement of Inclusive Jet Production in Deep-Inelastic Scattering at High Q^2 and Determination of the Strong Coupling

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Alexa, C. ; Andreev, V. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 653 (2007) 134-144, 2007.
Inspire Record 753951 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.45527

Inclusive jet production is studied in neutral current deep-inelastic positron-proton scattering at large four momentum transfer squared Q^2>150 GeV^2 with the H1 detector at HERA. Single and double differential inclusive jet cross sections are measured as a function of Q^2 and of the transverse energy E_T of the jets in the Breit frame. The measurements are found to be well described by calculations at next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. The running of the strong coupling is demonstrated and the value of alpha_s(M_Z) is determined. The ratio of the inclusive jet cross section to the inclusive neutral current cross section is also measured and used to extract a precise value for alpha_s(M_Z)=0.1193+/-0.0014(exp.)^{+0.0047}_{-0.0030}(th.)+/-0.0016(pdf).

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Double differential cross section as a function of ET integrated over the ET bin range and the Q**2 range 150 to 200 GeV**2.

Double differential cross section as a function of ET integrated over the ET bin range and the Q**2 range 200 to 270 GeV**2.

Double differential cross section as a function of ET integrated over the ET bin range and the Q**2 range 270 to 400 GeV**2.

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Forward jet and particle production at HERA

The H1 collaboration Adloff, C. ; Anderson, M. ; Andreev, V. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 538 (1999) 3-22, 1999.
Inspire Record 476801 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44172

Single particles and jets in deeply inelastic scattering at low x are measured with the H1 detector in the region away from the current jet and towards the proton remnant, known as the forward region. Hadronic final state measurements in this region are expected to be particularly sensitive to QCD evolution effects. Jet cross-sections are presented as a function of Bjorken-x for forward jets produced with a polar angle to the proton direction, theta, in the range 7 < theta < 20 degrees. Azimuthal correlations are studied between the forward jet and the scattered lepton. Charged and neutral single particle production in the forward region are measured as a function of Bjorken-x, in the range 5 < theta < 25 degrees, for particle transverse momenta larger than 1 GeV. QCD based Monte Carlo predictions and analytical calculations based on BFKL, CCFM and DGLAP evolution are compared to the data. Predictions based on the DGLAP approach fail to describe the data, except for those which allow for a resolved photon contribution.

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Forward Jet cross section. Axis error includes +- 7/7 contribution (Dependence of the model used to correct the data).

Forward Di-jet cross section. Axis error includes +- 7/7 contribution (Dependence of the model used to correct the data).

Data from Figure 3a on charged particle production

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Inclusive-jet photoproduction at HERA and determination of alphas

The ZEUS collaboration Abramowicz, H. ; Abt, I. ; Adamczyk, L. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 864 (2012) 1-37, 2012.
Inspire Record 1116258 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.62400

Inclusive-jet cross sections have been measured in the reaction ep->e+jet+X for photon virtuality Q2 < 1 GeV2 and gamma-p centre-of-mass energies in the region 142 < W(gamma-p) < 293 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 300 pb-1. Jets were identified using the kT, anti-kT or SIScone jet algorithms in the laboratory frame. Single-differential cross sections are presented as functions of the jet transverse energy, ETjet, and pseudorapidity, etajet, for jets with ETjet > 17 GeV and -1 < etajet < 2.5. In addition, measurements of double-differential inclusive-jet cross sections are presented as functions of ETjet in different regions of etajet. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations give a good description of the measurements, except for jets with low ETjet and high etajet. The influence of non-perturbative effects not related to hadronisation was studied. 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(alphas2) terms. Values of alphas(Mz) were extracted from the measurements and the energy-scale dependence of the coupling was determined. The value of alphas(Mz) extracted from the measurements based on the kT jet algorithm is alphas(Mz) = 0.1206 +0.0023 -0.0022 (exp.) +0.0042 -0.0035 (th.); the results from the anti-kT and SIScone algorithms are compatible with this value and have a similar precision.

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The measured differential cross section based on the kT jet algorithm in the kinematic region Q^2<1 GeV^2 and 142 < W < 293 GeV as a function of the jet ET for jet ETARAP -1 TO 2.5 . The first (sys) error is the uncorrelated systematic error and the second is the jet-energy scale uncertainty.

The measured differential cross section based on the kT jet algorithm in the kinematic region Q^2<1 GeV^2 and 142 < W < 293 GeV as a function of the jet ETARAP for jet ET > 17 GeV. The first (sys) error is the uncorrelated systematic error and the second is the jet-energy scale uncertainty.

The measured differential cross section based on the kT jet algorithm in the kinematic region Q^2<1 GeV^2 and 142 < W < 293 GeV as a function of the jet ETARAP for jet ET > 21 GeV. The first (sys) error is the uncorrelated systematic error and the second is the jet-energy scale uncertainty.

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Forward jet production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The ZEUS collaboration Breitweg, J. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 6 (1999) 239-252, 1999.
Inspire Record 470499 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44288

The inclusive forward jet cross section in deep inelastic $e^+p$ scattering has been measured in the region of $x$--Bjorken, ~$4.5 \cdot 10^{-4}$~ to ~$4.5 \cdot 10^{-2}$. This measurement is motivated by the search for effects of BFKL--like parton shower evolution. The cross section at hadron level as a function of \xbj is compared to cross sections predicted by various Monte Carlo models. An excess of forward jet production at small \xbj is observed, which is not reproduced by models based on DGLAP parton shower evolution. The Colour Dipole model describes the data reasonably well. Predictions of perturbative QCD calculations at the parton level based on BFKL and DGLAP parton evolution are discussed in the context of this measurement.

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The second systematic (DSYS) error is the correlated systematic error due to the scale uncertainty of the calorimeter.


Charged particles and neutral kaons in photoproduced jets at HERA

The ZEUS collaboration Breitweg, J. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 2 (1998) 77-93, 1998.
Inspire Record 451528 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44362

Charged particles ($h^\pm$) and \kz mesons have been studied in photoproduced events containing at least one jet of $E_T > 8$ GeV in a pseudorapidity interval (--0.5, 0.5) in the ZEUS laboratory frame. Distributions are presented in terms of transverse momentum, pseudorapidity and distance of the particle from the axis of a jet. The properties of \hpm within the jet are described well using the standard settings of PYTHIA, but the use of the multiparton interaction option improves the description outside the jets. A reasonable overall description of the \kz behaviour is possible with PYTHIA using a reduced value of the strangeness suppression parameter. The numbers of $h^\pm$ and \kz within a jet as defined above are measured to be $3.25\pm0.02\pm0.28$ and $0.431\pm0.013\pm0.088$ respectively. Fragmentation functions are presented for $h^\pm$ and \kz in photoproduced jets; agreement is found with calculations of Binnewies et al. and, at higher momenta, with $p\bar p$ scattering and with standard PYTHIA. Fragmentation functions in direct photoproduced events are extracted, and at higher momenta give good agreement with data from related processes in $e^+e^-$ annihilation and deep inelastic $ep$ scattering.

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Corrected multiplicities of charged particles and neutral K0 mesons per photoproduced jet.

Corrected distribution of charged particles per jet in events containing a hadron jet.

Corrected distribution of charged particles per jet in events containing a hadron jet.

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