QCD at D0 and CDF
Selected recent Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) results from the D0 and CDF experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron are presented and discussed. The inclusive jet and inclusive triple differential dijet cross sections are compared to next-to-leading order QCD calculations. The sensitivity of the dijet cross section to parton distribution functions (for hadron momentum fractions {approximately} 0.01 to {approximately} 0.4) will constrain the gluon distribution of the proton. Two analyses of dijet production at large rapidity separation are presented. The first analysis tests the contributions of higher order processes to dijet production and can be considered a test of BFKL or GLAP parton evolution. The second analysis yields a strong rapidity gap signal consistent with colorless exchange between the scattered partons. The prompt photon inclusive cross section is consistent with next-to-leading order QCD only at the highest transverse momenta. The discrepancy at lower momenta may be indicative of higher order processes impacting a transverse momentum or ``k{sub T}`` to the partonic interaction. The first measurement of the strong coupling constant from the Tevatron is also presented. The coupling constant can be determined from the ratio of W + 1jet to W + 0jet cross sections and a next-to-leading order QCD calculation.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 79110
- Report Number(s):
- FNAL/C-95/094; CONF-9503147-2; ON: DE95013003; TRN: 95:016362
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Rencontres de Physique de la Valle` d`Aoste: results and perspectives in particle physics, La Thuile (Italy), 5-11 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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