Measurement of the 1-jettiness in deep-inelastic scattering at HERA

Abstract

A first measurement of the 1-jettiness event shape observable ${\tau }_1^b$ in neutral-current deep inelastic scattering is presented. For the measurement, the equivalence of ${\tau }_1^b$ to the DIS thrust observable defined in the Breit frame is utilised. The data were taken by the H1 experiment at HERA from 2003 to 2007 at a centre of mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=319\text{ GeV}$. The data amount to an integrated luminosity of $351.6{\text{ pb}}^{-1}$. The triple-differential cross sections are presented as a function of the 1-jettiness ${\tau }_b^1$, the virtuality of the exchanged boson $Q^2$ and the inelasticity of the event $y$. The data exhibit a sensitivity to the strong coupling constant and to resummation and hadronisation effects, as well as to the parton distribution functions of the proton. The data are compared to selected predictions.