Testing BFKL evolution with Mueller-Navelet jets

TL;DR

This paper proposes using azimuthal angle correlations between Mueller-Navelet jets in hadron collisions to test the BFKL evolution approach at next-to-leading order, providing predictions for Tevatron and LHC energies.

Contribution

It introduces a new observable for testing BFKL dynamics and offers detailed predictions for experimental measurements at high-energy colliders.

Findings

Predicted azimuthal correlations for Mueller-Navelet jets at Tevatron and LHC.

Demonstrated sensitivity of the observable to BFKL evolution.

Provided a framework for experimental validation of BFKL at next-to-leading order.

Abstract

We study the correlation in azimuthal angle between Mueller-Navelet jets produced in hadron-hadron collisions. We argue that this observable would test the BFKL approach at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. In order to motivate such a measurement, we give predictions for jets separated by large rapidity intervals within the Tevatron and LHC ranges.