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Precise measurements of charm production in deep inelastic scattering are presented and compared with next-to-leading-order QCD. The data show sensitivity to the choice of parametrisation of the gluon density in the proton and could be used in future global fits of the parton densities.
The substructure of jets has been studied in terms of the jet shape and subjet multiplicity and these quantities used to tag gluon- and quark-initiated jets. Cross sections are presented for gluon- and quark-tagged jets which exhibit the expected behaviour of the underlying parton dynamics. The value of alpha_s(M_Z) of alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1176 +- 0.0009 (stat.) ^{+0.0009}_{-0.0026} (exp.) ^{+0.0091}_{-0.0072} (th.) was extracted from the measurements of jet shapes in deep inelastic scattering.
A much improved determination of the transverse energy of jets has been carried out in ZEUS, using a correction procedure based on two independent methods. The first is based on a combination of tracking and calorimeter information which optimises the resolution of reconstructed kinematic variables. The conservation of energy and momentum in neutral current deep inelastic e^+p scattering events is exploited to determine the energy corrections by balancing the kinematic quantities of the scattered positron with those of the hadronic final state. The method has been independently applied to data and simulated events. The second method uses calorimeter cells as inputs to the jet algorithm. Simulated events are then used to provide a correction for the energy loss due to inactive material in front of the calorimeter. A detailed comparison of the jet transverse energy and the transverse energy of tracks in a cone around the jet provides the final correction. This procedure relies on an accurate simulation of charged tracks and so is less reliant on simulating the energy loss of neutral particles in inactive material. Final comparisons of the data and simulated events for both methods allow an uncertainty +/- 1% to be assigned to the jet energy scale.
Some highlights of the session on jets and hadron production are summarised. Results between different experiments and measurements are compared and, in particular, how LEP and HERA complement each other discussed. Improvements in both theory and experiment for jet and hadron production and how the measurements can be used to extract fundamental parameters are addressed.
Jet cross sections in deep-inelastic scattering over a wide region of phase space have been measured at HERA. These cross section measurements provide a thorough test of the implementation of Quantum Chromodynamics in next-to-leading order (NLO) calculations. They also provide the opportunity to test the consistency of the gluon distribution in the proton as extracted from (mainly) inclusive DIS measurements. Comparison of the cross sections with NLO enables accurate extractions of the strong coupling constant, $α_s$, to be made, several of which are reported here.
A comparison of the potentials of ep and e^+e^-$machines to probe the structure of the photon is performed. In particular, the kinematic reach of a proposed future ep facility, THERA, is compared with those of current colliders, LEP and HERA, and with the proposed linear collider, TESLA. THERA like HERA will use a proton beam of 920 GeV but with an increased electron beam energy of 250 GeV allowing higher scales, Q^2, and lower values of parton momentum fraction in the photon, x_γ, to be probed.
A future $ep$ facility, THERA, where electrons of 250 GeV and protons of 920 GeV are collided could provide valuable information on the structure of the photon. With an increase in the centre-of-mass energy of a factor of 3 and an extension of the minimum photon energy fraction carried by the interacting parton of a factor of 10 compared to HERA, a new kinematic regime in the study of the photon will be opened. Inclusive dijet production has been studied and the potential gains the new collider would bring are discussed. The differences between current parametrisations of the photon structure in this new kinematic region are shown to be up to 50%. Comparisons of THERA's capabilities are made with what HERA can currently produce and how it complements $e^+e^-$ colliders addressed.
Measurements of heavy quark production at a possible future $ep$ facility, THERA, would provide valuable information on the structure of the photon. QCD cross-section predictions are made at LO for both charm and beauty production and their sensitivity to current parametrisations of the photon parton densities is investigated.
Dijet photoproduction results are presented from the H1 and ZEUS collaborations and compared to next-to-leading order pQCD calculations.
The production of heavy quarks has been studied in photoproduction processes with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of $36.9 pb^{-1}$. Events with a photon virtuality, $Q^2<1 GeV^2$, were selected with two jets of high transverse energy and an electron in the final state. Consideration of the distribution in $p_T^{rel}$ - the momentum of the electron transverse to the axis of the jet to which the electron is closest - allows a measurement of the beauty cross-section in a restricted region of phase space.