An investigation of uncertainties in the QCD NLO predictions of the inclusive jet cross section in $\mathbf{\bar{p}p}$ collisions at $\bf\sqrt{s} = 1.8$ TeV and 630 GeV

B. Abbott; I.A. Bertram; M. Bhattacharjee; G. Di Loreto; V.D. Elvira; R. Hirosky; T. Joffe-Minor; J. Krane; F. Nang

doi:doi:10.1007/s100520050310

EPJ

An investigation of uncertainties in the QCD NLO predictions of the inclusive jet cross section in $\mathbf{\bar{p}p}$ collisions at $\bf\sqrt{s} = 1.8$ TeV and 630GeV

B. Abbott⁵ - I.A. Bertram⁶ - M. Bhattacharjee⁷ - G. Di Loreto³ - V.D. Elvira⁷ - R. Hirosky² - T. Joffe-Minor⁶ - J. Krane⁴ - F. Nang¹

¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
² Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
³ Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
⁴ University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
⁵New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
⁶ Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
⁷State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA

Received: 13 January 1998 / Published online: 2 June 1998

Abstract
Uncertainties in the NLO calculation of the inclusive jet cross section due to the choice of renormalization scale, parton distribution functions and clustering algorithm are explored. These are found to be similar in size to the current experimental uncertainties of the measured inclusive jet cross section at DØ and CDF.