QCD Physics Potential of CMS

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) measurements with the CMS experiment at the LHC, focusing on hadrons and jets at energies of 10 and 14 TeV, and considering various data collection scenarios.

Contribution

It evaluates the feasibility and expected accuracy of QCD measurements with CMS at the LHC for different energies and data volumes.

Findings

QCD measurements are feasible with CMS at 10 and 14 TeV.

Expected precision improves with increased data volume.

Potential for early QCD physics results at the LHC.

Abstract

In view of the approaching LHC operation the feasibility and accuracy of QCD measurements with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) involving hadrons and jets are discussed. This summary is based on analyses performed at CMS for center-of-mass energies of 10 as well as 14 TeV assuming event numbers ranging from some days of data taking up to 100/pb of integrated luminosity with proton-proton collisions.