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    Jet production in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA

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    Recent results from jet production in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA are reviewed. The values of alpha_s(M_z) extracted from a QCD analysis of the data are presented.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, talk given at the ``Ringberg workshop: New trends in HERA Physics 2003'

    Jet production in charged current deep inelastic e⁺p scatteringat HERA

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    The production rates and substructure of jets have been studied in charged current deep inelastic e⁺p scattering for Q² > 200 GeV² with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 110.5 pb⁻¹. Inclusive jet cross sections are presented for jets with transverse energies E_{T}^{jet} > 5 GeV. Measurements of the mean subjet multiplicity, 〈n_{sbj}〉, of the inclusive jet sample are presented. Predictions based on parton-shower Monte Carlo models and next-to-leading-order QCD calculations are compared to the measurements. The value of α_{s} (M_{z}), determined from 〈n_{sbj}〉 at y_{cut} = 10⁻² for jets with 25 < E_{T}^{jet} < 119 GeV, is α_{s} (M_{z}) = 0.1202 ± 0.0052 (stat.)_{-0.0019}^{+0.0060} (syst.)_{-0.0053}^{+0.0065} (th.). The mean subjet multiplicity as a function of Q² is found to be consistent with that measured in NC DIS

    Non-Global Logarithms, Factorization, and the Soft Substructure of Jets

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    An outstanding problem in QCD and jet physics is the factorization and resummation of logarithms that arise due to phase space constraints, so-called non-global logarithms (NGLs). In this paper, we show that NGLs can be factorized and resummed down to an unresolved infrared scale by making sufficiently many measurements on a jet or other restricted phase space region. Resummation is accomplished by renormalization group evolution of the objects in the factorization theorem and anomalous dimensions can be calculated to any perturbative accuracy and with any number of colors. To connect with the NGLs of more inclusive measurements, we present a novel perturbative expansion which is controlled by the volume of the allowed phase space for unresolved emissions. Arbitrary accuracy can be obtained by making more and more measurements so to resolve lower and lower scales. We find that even a minimal number of measurements produces agreement with Monte Carlo methods for leading-logarithmic resummation of NGLs at the sub-percent level over the full dynamical range relevant for the Large Hadron Collider. We also discuss other applications of our factorization theorem to soft jet dynamics and how to extend to higher-order accuracy.Comment: 46 pages + appendices, 10 figures. v2: added current figures 4 and 5, as well as corrected several typos in appendices. v3: corrected some typos, added current figure 9, and added more discussion of fixed-order versus dressed gluon expansions. v4: fixed an error in numerics of two-dressed gluon; corrected figure 8, modified comparison to BMS. Conclusions unchanged. v5: fixed minor typ

    Hadron Multiplicities

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    We review results on hadron multiplicities in high energy particle collisions. Both theory and experiment are discussed. The general procedures used to describe particle multiplicity in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) are summarized. The QCD equations for the generating functions of the multiplicity distributions are presented both for fixed and running coupling strengths. The mean multiplicities of gluon and quark jets, their ratio, higher moments, and the slopes of multiplicities as a function of energy scale, are among the main global features of multiplicity for which QCD results exist. Recent data from high energy e+e- experiments, including results for separated quark and gluon jets, allow rather direct tests of these results. The theoretical predictions are generally quite successful when confronted with data. Jet and subjet multiplicities are described. Multiplicity in limited regions of phase space is discussed in the context of intermittency and fractality. The problem of singularities in the generating functions is formulated. Some special features of average multiplicities in heavy quark jets are described.Comment: 140 pages, 33 figures, version for Physics Report

    The Energy Distribution of Subjets and the Jet Shape

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    We present a framework that describes the energy distribution of subjets of radius rr within a jet of radius RR. We consider both an inclusive sample of subjets as well as subjets centered around a predetermined axis, from which the jet shape can be obtained. For rRr \ll R we factorize the physics at angular scales rr and RR to resum the logarithms of r/Rr/R. For central subjets, we consider both the standard jet axis and the winner-take-all axis, which involve double and single logarithms of r/Rr/R, respectively. All relevant one-loop matching coefficients are given, and an inconsistency in some previous results for cone jets is resolved. Our results for the standard jet shape differ from previous calculations at next-to-leading logarithmic order, because we account for the recoil of the standard jet axis due to soft radiation. Numerical results are presented for an inclusive subjet sample for ppjet+Xpp \to {\rm jet}+X at next-to-leading order plus leading logarithmic order.Comment: 39 pages, 7 figures, v2: journal versio

    Factorization and Resummation for Groomed Multi-Prong Jet Shapes

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    Observables which distinguish boosted topologies from QCD jets are playing an increasingly important role at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These observables are often used in conjunction with jet grooming algorithms, which reduce contamination from both theoretical and experimental sources. In this paper we derive factorization formulae for groomed multi-prong substructure observables, focusing in particular on the groomed D2D_2 observable, which is used to identify boosted hadronic decays of electroweak bosons at the LHC. Our factorization formulae allow systematically improvable calculations of the perturbative D2D_2 distribution and the resummation of logarithmically enhanced terms in all regions of phase space using renormalization group evolution. They include a novel factorization for the production of a soft subjet in the presence of a grooming algorithm, in which clustering effects enter directly into the hard matching. We use these factorization formulae to draw robust conclusions of experimental relevance regarding the universality of the D2D_2 distribution in both e+ee^+e^- and pppp collisions. In particular, we show that the only process dependence is carried by the relative quark vs. gluon jet fraction in the sample, no non-global logarithms from event-wide correlations are present in the distribution, hadronization corrections are controlled by the perturbative mass of the jet, and all global color correlations are completely removed by grooming, making groomed D2D_2 a theoretically clean QCD observable even in the LHC environment. We compute all ingredients to one-loop accuracy, and present numerical results at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy for e+ee^+e^- collisions, comparing with parton shower Monte Carlo simulations. Results for pppp collisions, as relevant for phenomenology at the LHC, are presented in a companion paper.Comment: 66 pages, 18 figure

    ZEUS Results

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    Several results from the ZEUS Collaboration were presented at this Workshop. The highlights are presented in this summary, and include results from NLO QCD fits and determination of alphas, from forward jets and diffractive final states, from pentaquarks and searches and from heavy flavour production. Also the first results from the analysis of the HERA II e+p/e-p data are shown.Comment: 12 pages, Proceedings of the DIS05 Workshop, Madison, 200
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