Abstract
We present the first measurement of the inclusive three-jet differential cross section as a function of the invariant mass of the three jets with the largest transverse momenta in an event in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96 TeV. The measurement is made in different rapidity regions and for different jet transverse momentum requirements and is based on a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb-1 collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The results are used to test the three-jet matrix elements in perturbative QCD calculations at next-to-leading order in the strong coupling constant. The data allow discrimination between parametrizations of the parton distribution functions of the proton.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 434-441 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 704 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 25 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We thank the staffs at Fermilab and collaborating institutions, and acknowledge support from the DOE and NSF (USA); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); FASI , Rosatom and RFBR (Russia); CNPq , FAPERJ , FAPESP and FUNDUNESP (Brazil); DAE and DST (India); Colciencias (Colombia); CONACyT (Mexico); KRF and KOSEF (Korea); CONICET and UBACyT (Argentina); FOM (The Netherlands); STFC and the Royal Society (United Kingdom); MSMT and GACR (Czech Republic); CRC Program and NSERC (Canada); BMBF and DFG (Germany); SFI (Ireland); The Swedish Research Council (Sweden); and CAS and CNSF (China).
Funders | Funder number |
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National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
CRC Health Group | |
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS) | |
California Earthquake Authority | |
Kortney Rose Foundation | |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | |
Science and Technology Facilities Council | PP/F000863/1, PP/E000487/1, ST/H001166/1, ST/I505756/1, ST/F007418/1, ST/J501074/1, ST/F00754X/1, PP/D004284/1, ST/H00095X/2, ST/H00095X/1 |
Royal Society | |
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India | |
Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India | |
Science Foundation Ireland | |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie | |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy | |
Grantová Agentura České Republiky | |
Russian Foundation for Basic Research | |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | |
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología | |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | |
Korea Science and Engineering Foundation | |
Vetenskapsrådet | |
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | |
Federal Agency for Science and Innovation | |
State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM | |
Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da UNESP | |
Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires | |
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules |