Studies of forward jets and production of W, Z bosons at LHC energies

TL;DR

This paper investigates forward jet and W, Z boson production at LHC energies using QCD, focusing on matrix element dynamics and angular correlations to improve understanding of these processes.

Contribution

It introduces detailed analysis of matrix elements and angular correlations in forward jet and boson production, highlighting dynamical features and resummation effects at high energies.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of logarithmic corrections in jet production

Characterization of angular correlations between bosons and jets

Insights into QCD dynamics at LHC energies

Abstract

We report on application of QCD in calculations of forward jet and W, Z boson production cross sections at the Large Hadron Collider. In particular in case of jet production we emphasize dynamical features of the matrix elements controlling the resummation of logarithmically enhanced corrections in $\sqrt{s}/E_T$, where $E_T$ is the jet production transverse energy. In case of production of W, Z bosons we focus on angular correlations between produced boson and hardest associated jet.