A next-to-leading-order calculation of proton-proton(proton-antiproton) to two jets, at least one of which contains a charm quark
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description: In this thesis, I present a next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculation for the production of two jets, at least one of which contains a charm quark, which is an important background to single-top production. I discuss the leading order results and their scale dependence before outlining the difficulties of an NLO calculation, and the need for treating the charm quarks as massive in a few areas of the calculation. The NLO corrections turn out to be rather modest, but taking the calculation to NLO greatly improves scale uncertainty.
abstract: In this thesis, I present a next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculation for the production of two jets, at least one of which contains a charm quark, which is an important background to single-top production. I discuss the leading order results and their scale dependence before outlining the difficulties of an NLO calculation, and the need for treating the charm quarks as massive in a few areas of the calculation. The NLO corrections turn out to be rather modest, but taking the calculation to NLO greatly improves scale uncertainty.
author: Link, William
language: en
keywords: next-to-leading-order (NLO), quantum chromodynamics (QCD), charm, quark
date published: 2013-02-03T19:35:30Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:33Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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