Out-of-plane QCD radiation in DIS with high p_t jets

Abstract

We present a QCD analysis of the cumulative out-of-event-plane momentum distribution in DIS process with emission of high p_t jets. We derive the all-order resummed result to next-to-leading accuracy and estimate the leading power correction. We aim at the same level of accuracy which, in e+e- annihilation, seems to be sufficient for making predictions. As is typical of multi-jet observables, the distribution depends on the geometry of the event and the underlying colour structure. This result should provide a powerful method to study QCD dynamics, in particular to constrain the parton distribution functions, to measure the running coupling and to search for genuine non-perturbative effects.

40 pages, 4 figures, JHEP class included. Version 2 corrects some formulae in appendix B and F and updates the figures and one reference