The Two-Jet Differential Cross Section at $\mathcal{O}({\alpha }_s^3)$ in Hadron Collisions

Abstract

We study the two-jet inclusive cross section via the triply differential distribution $d^3\sigma /d{E}_{T}d{\eta }_{1}d{\eta }_2$ to next-to-leading order in QCD. The predicted distributions can be compared directly with forthcoming data from the D0 and CDF experiments at Fermilab. We discuss differences with the leading-order predictions, and examine uncertainties due to the choice of scale and parton density.

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