title: Next-to-leading-order results for five, six, and seven jets in electron-positron annihilation.
abstract: We present next-to-leading order corrections in the leading color approximation for jet rates in electron-positron annihilation up to seven jets. The results for the two-, three-, and four-jet rates agree with known results. The NLO jet rates have been known previously only up to five jets. The results for the six- and seven-jet rate are new. The results are obtained by a new and efficient method based on subtraction and numerical integration.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reuschle
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwan
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weinzierl