\select@language {american} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{2} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Factorization}{3} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Jets: Parton Level vs Experiment}{7} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Iterative Cone Algorithm}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.1}Definitions}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.2}$R_{sep}$, Seeds and IR-Sensitivity}{11} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3}Seedless and Midpoint Algorithms}{14} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.4}Merging}{15} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.5}Summary}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}k$_{T}$ Algorithm}{16} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}Jet Masses for Jets at NLO}{18} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4}Recent Cone Algorithm Issues}{21} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.1}Jets at the \textquotedblleft Smeared\textquotedblright \ Parton Level and Dark Towers}{21} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.2}The Search Cone Algorithm}{22} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3}The Midpoint Cone Algorithm with a \textquotedblleft Second Pass\textquotedblright }{25} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4}Summary}{25} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5}Jets at the Hadron Level}{25} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Jets at the Tevatron}{27} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Detectors}{27} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Jet Reconstruction and Energy Measurement}{28} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}Jet Algorithms}{29} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.2.2}Jet Energy Scale at D\O }{30} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.2.3}Jet Energy Scale at CDF}{30} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.2.4}Summary}{33} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3}Monte Carlo Tuning}{33} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.3.1}Dijet Angular Decorrelations}{33} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.3.2}Underlying Event}{33} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.3.3}Jet Shapes}{36} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.3.4}Summary}{36} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.4}Inclusive Jet Cross Sections}{36} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.5}$W/Z$+Jets}{43} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.6}Heavy Flavor Jets}{45} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.7}Particle Flow Type Approaches}{47} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Jets at the LHC}{47} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}Expectations for Jet Final States}{48} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}Jet Physics Environment at the LHC}{49} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}The Underlying Event at the LHC}{49} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.2}Minimum Bias Events and Pile-up}{49} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}Experimental Aspects of Jet Reconstruction at the LHC}{51} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.1}Brief Look at the ATLAS and CMS Calorimeters}{52} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.2}Calorimeter Jet Basics}{53} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.3}Calorimeter Jet Calibration}{55} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.4}Use of Tracks in Jets}{56} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.5}Jet Algorithms}{57} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4}Jet Signal Characteristics at the LHC}{57} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}SpartyJet}{61} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Conclusions}{63} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}Acknowledgements}{65}