The azimuthal correlation between the leading jet and the scattered lepton in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
Abstract The azimuthal correlation angle, $$\Delta \phi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Δ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , between the scattered lepton and the leading jet in deep inelastic $$e^{\pm }p$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> scattering at HERA has been studied using data collected with the ZEUS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of $$\sqrt{s} = 318 {\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-0.66666pt}\text {V}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msqrt> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>318</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>Ge</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $$326 \,\text {pb}^{-1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>326</mml:mn> <mml:mspace/> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>pb</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . A measurement of jet cross sections in the laboratory frame was made in a fiducial region corresponding to photon virtuality $$10 {\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-0.66666pt}\text {V}}^2< Q^2 < 350 {\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-0.66666pt}\text {V}}^2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>Ge</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Q</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mn>350</mml:mn> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>Ge</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , inelasticity $$0.04< y < 0.7$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.04</mml:mn> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mi>y</mml:mi> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.7</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , outgoing lepton energy $$E_e > 10 {\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-0.66666pt}\text {V}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>Ge</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , lepton polar angle $$140^\circ< \theta _e < 180^\circ $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>140</mml:mn> <mml:mo>∘</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>180</mml:mn> <mml:mo>∘</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , jet transverse momentum $$2.5 {\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-0.66666pt}\text {V}}< p_\textrm{T,jet} < 30 {\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-0.66666pt}\text {V}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2.5</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>Ge</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>T,jet</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mn>30</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>Ge</mml:mtext> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mtext>V</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , and jet pseudorapidity $$-1.5< \eta _\textrm{jet} < 1.8$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.5</mml:mn> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>jet</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.8</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Jets were reconstructed using the $$k_\textrm{T}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>T</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> algorithm with the radius parameter $$R = 1$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . The leading jet in an event is defined as the jet that carries the highest $$p_\textrm{T,jet}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
Authors
- G. Grzelak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9291-746X)
- O. Turkot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5352-7744)
- M. Shchedrolosiev
- A. Bertolin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-4315)
- R. Klanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-9227)
- J. Malka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-3102)
- R. Ciesielski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-9129)
- J. J. Chwastowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6190-8376)
- Nathaniel Sherrill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6909-3872)
- І. Каденко (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8766-4229)
- Y. Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-6995)
- I. Selyuzhenkov
- B. B. Levchenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9853-6318)
- Olaf Behnke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-0991)
- Aleksander Filip Zarnecki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-9483)
- K. Tokushuku
- S. Yamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-9336)
- U. Schneekloth
- M. Przybycień
- M. Wing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6319-4135)
- V. Aushev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8588-5308)
- L.M. Shcheglova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5595-1944)
- J. Ferrando
- R. Brugnera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-3992)
- W. Słomiński
- N. H. Brook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1818-0113)
- S. Dusini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1128-0664)
- N. Kovalchuk
- S. Masciocchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2064-6517)
- M. Kuze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8858-8440)
- P. Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-1541)
- A. Garfagnini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0658-1830)
- D. Hochman
- D. R. Gangadharan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-3647)
- I. Pidhurskyi
- Florian Lorkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2677-3805)
- J. Ciborowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-2891)
- P. J. Bussey
- A. M. Cooper-Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7107-5902)
- E. Gallo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7200-5175)
- Marta Ruspa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-3475)
- C. Gwenlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-0617)
- A. Longhin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9103-9936)
- Enrico Lunghi
- Y. Onishchuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8261-7543)
- C. D. Catterall
- R. Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2755-5682)
- K. Nagano
- L. Stančo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9706-5104)
- A. Caldwell
- I. Abt
- A. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-7969)
- J. D. Nam
- I. O. Skillicorn
- U. Klein
- I. Bloch
- O. Zenaiev
- M. V. Garzelli
- E. Paul
- B. Surrow
- A. Solano
- W. A. T. Wan Abdullah
- K. Wichmann
- A. Polini
- N. Z. Jomhari
- A. Bruni
- N. Stefaniuk
- Andrii Verbytskyi
- I. Brock
- T. Tymieniecka
- A. Quintero
- I. Makarenko
- A. Geiser
- R. K. Dementiev
- U. Karshon
- T. Schörner-Sadenius
- I. A. Korzhavina
- B. Löhr
- M. Corradi
- E. Lohrmann
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (JP)
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” (IT)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Sussex (GB)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (DE)
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA)
- York University (CA)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University School of Physical Education in Kraków (PL)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- Leverhulme Trust (GB)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- University of Łódź (PL)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Max Planck Institute for Physics (DE)
- National Centre for Nuclear Research (PL)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (IT)
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Hamburg Institut (Germany) (DE)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I (IT)
- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies
- University of Houston (US)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (IN)
- Kobe University (JP)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- AGH University of Krakow (PL)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Rockefeller University (US)
- Temple University (US)
- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The European Physical Journal C
- Published
- 2024-12-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13547-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.66
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Strong
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Office of Science
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- Nuclear Physics