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We introduce a method to compute one-loop soft functions for exclusive N - jet processes at hadron colliders, allowing for different definitions of the algorithm that determines the jet regions and of the measurements in those regions. In particular, we generalize the N -jettiness hemisphere decomposition of ref. [1] in a manner that separates the dependence on the jet boundary from the observables measured inside the jet and beam regions. Results are given for several factorizable jet definitions, including anti-k T , XCone, and other geometric partitionings. We calculate explicitly the soft functions for angularity measurements, including jet mass and jet broadening, in pp → L + 1 jet and explore the differences for various jet vetoes and algorithms. This includes a consistent treatment of rapidity divergences when applicable. We also compute analytic results for these soft functions in an expansion for a small jet radius R. We find that the small-R results, including corrections up to \( \mathcal{O}\left({R}^2\right) \), accurately capture the full behavior over a large range of R.
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Bertolini, D., Kolodrubetz, D., Neill, D. et al. Soft functions for generic jet algorithms and observables at hadron colliders. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 99 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)099
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