Event shapes at hadron colliders
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-01-04 v1
Abstract
We present precision results for distributions in global event shapes that can be measured at hadron colliders within experimental limitations. These predictions are obtained by combining exact next-to-leading order (NLO) with the all-order resummation of large logarithms of soft and collinear origin. We then discuss how event-shape measurements can be used for the tuning of Monte Carlo event generators, for tests of models of hadronisation and underlying event, and as discriminatory tools between QCD jet-like and New Physics events.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.0148,
title = {Event shapes at hadron colliders},
author = {Andrea Banfi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0148},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures. Based on the talks given at DIS2010, April 19-23, 2010, Firenze, Italy, and at "Physics at the LHC 2010", June 7-12, 2010, DESY, Hamburg, Germany