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Angular Scaling in Jets

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We introduce a jet shape observable defined for an ensemble of jets in terms of two-particle angular correlations and a resolution parameter R. This quantity is infrared and collinear safe and can be interpreted as a scaling exponent for the angular distribution of mass inside the jet. For small R it is close to the value 2 as a consequence of the approximately scale invariant QCD dynamics. For large R it is sensitive to non-perturbative effects. We describe the use of this correlation function for tests of QCD, for studying underlying event and pile-up effects, and for tuning Monte Carlo event generators.

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@article{arxiv.1201.2688,
  title  = {Angular Scaling in Jets},
  author = {Martin Jankowiak and Andrew J. Larkoski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2688},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Updated to JHEP version

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