Dijet azimuthal decorrelations for $\Delta {\varphi }_{\mathrm{dijet}}<2\pi /3$ in perturbative QCD

Abstract

We point out an inconsistency in perturbative QCD predictions previously used for dijet azimuthal decorrelations for azimuthal angles of $\Delta {\varphi }_{\mathrm{dijet}}<2\pi /3$ between the two jets. We show how the inconsistency arises and how the calculations can be modified to provide more accurate results that exhibit a smaller scale dependence and give a better description of the data than the inconsistent results. We also explain how the quality of the predictions strongly depends on a perceivedly minor detail in the definition of the dijet phase space and give recommendations for future measurements.

Comments: 12 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, submitted to JHEP