https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10880-2
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
NNLO interpolation grids for jet production at the LHC
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Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805, Munich, Germany
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Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK
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Department of Physics, The University of Oxford, OX1 3RH, Oxford, UK
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Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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LIP, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik (ETP), KIT, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Experimental Physics Department, CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sussex, BN1 9RH, Brighton, UK
Received:
15
August
2022
Accepted:
6
October
2022
Published online:
19
October
2022
Fast interpolation-grid frameworks facilitate an efficient and flexible evaluation of higher-order predictions for any choice of parton distribution functions or value of the strong coupling 
. They constitute an essential tool for the extraction of parton distribution functions and Standard Model parameters, as well as studies of the dependence of cross sections on the renormalisation and factorisation scales. The APPLfast project provides a generic interface between the parton-level Monte Carlo generator NNLOjet and both the APPLgrid and the fastNLO libraries for the grid interpolation. The extension of the project to include hadron–hadron collider processes at next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD is presented, together with an application for jet production at the LHC.
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