8–10 Jul 2026
University of Manchester
Europe/London timezone

Inclusive jet production at NNLO+NNLL and theory nuisance parameters

9 Jul 2026, 11:25
25m
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building (University of Manchester)

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building

University of Manchester

Speaker

Terry Generet (University of Cambridge)

Description

In this talk, I will present some recent calculations of the inclusive jet transverse momentum spectrum at the LHC, performed at next-to-next-to-leading order and including resummation of logarithms of the jet radius $R$ at next-to-next-to-leading-logarithmic accuracy. Estimates of missing-higher-order uncertainties obtained from scale variations are notoriously unreliable for inclusive jet production at the LHC. I will show how the method of theory nuisance parameters can be used to obtain robust theory uncertainties for this process, and demonstrate that such uncertainties paint a much more consistent picture than scale uncertainties, in light of the new NNLO+NNLL results.

Author

Terry Generet (University of Cambridge)

Presentation materials