Azimuthal correlation in DIS

Abstract

We introduce the azimuthal correlation for the deep inelastic scattering process. We present the QCD prediction to the level of next-to-leading log resummation, matching to the fixed order prediction. We also estimate the leading non-perturbative power correction. The observable is compared with the energy-energy correlation in e+e− annihilation, on which it is modelled. The effects of the resummation and of the leading power correction are both quite large. It would therefore be particularly instructive to study this observable experimentally.