Jet and photon physics

Abstract

Jet production in proton-proton collisions is one of the main phenomenological predictions of QCD. The ATLAS and CMS Collaborations have performed measurements of several jet observables at the LHC and compared their results to theoretical predictions and event generators. Useful physics input for the determination of the parton distribution functions and the strong coupling constant is provided. Photon production measurements represent another important test of QCD and show strong sensitivity to higher-order corrections.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on Large Hadron Collider Physics, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A., June 2-7, 201