Jet production and the inelastic pp cross section at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper proposes extending LHC jet measurements to lower transverse momenta to define a visible cross section that tests the unitarity bound related to the inelastic pp cross section.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach linking jet production measurements to fundamental unitarity limits in proton-proton collisions.

Findings

Potential to test unitarity bounds with extended jet measurements

Connects inclusive jet production to inelastic cross section constraints

Suggests new experimental strategies at the LHC

Abstract

We suggest that, if current measurements of inclusive jet production for central rapidities at the LHC are extended to lower transverse momenta, one could define a visible cross section sensitive to the unitarity bound set by the recent determination of the inelastic proton-proton cross section.