Published February 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Azimuthal decorrelation of Mueller-Navelet jets at the Tevatron and the LHC

  • 1. DAPNIA/Service de physique des particules, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex (France)
  • 2. RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)

Description

We study the production of Mueller-Navelet jets at hadron colliders in the Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov framework. We show that a measurement of the relative azimuthal angle ΔΦ between the jets can provide a good testing ground for corrections due to next-leading logarithms (NLL). Besides the well-known azimuthal decorrelation with increasing rapidity interval Δη between the jets, we propose to also measure this effect as a function of R=k2/k1, the ratio between the jet transverse momenta. Using renormalization-group improved NLL kernel, we obtain predictions for dσ/dΔηdRdΔΦ. We analyze NLL-scheme and renormalization-scale uncertainties, and energy-momentum conservation effects, in order to motivate a measurement at the Tevatron and the LHC.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034028-034028.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41010749
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CERN LHC; CORRECTIONS; FERMILAB TEVATRON; FORECASTING; HADRONS; KERNELS; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; RENORMALIZATION; SIMULATION; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LINEAR MOMENTUM; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS

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