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Title: Jet production in deep-inelastic muon scattering at 490 GeV

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OSTI ID:7368608

Measurements of jet rates in deep-inelastic muon scattering are presented. The JADE algorithm is used to define jets in the kinematic region 9 < W < 33 GeV. Data taken on a proton target are analyzed within the QCD framework, with the goal of extracting [alpha][sub s]. Results on the Q[sup 2] dependence of the average transverse momentum of jets are used to demonstrate the running of the strong coupling constant [alpha][sub s]. In addition, first measurements of the production of jets from heavy nuclei in the region x[sub B[sub j]] > 0.001 are discussed. Initial results indicate a suppression in the rate of two forward jets in carbon, calcium and lead as compared to deuterium. All results presented are preliminary.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
7368608
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C-93/165-E; CONF-930363-4; ON: DE93017808
Resource Relation:
Conference: 28. conference on quantum chromodynamics and high energy hadronic interactions, Les Arcs (France), 20-27 Mar 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English