We have made a precise measurement of the central inclusive jet cross section at $\sqrt{s}=1.8\mathrm{}\mathrm{TeV}$. The measurement is based on an integrated luminosity of $92{\mathrm{pb}}^{-1\mathrm{}}$ collected at the Fermilab Tevatron $\overline{p}p$ Collider with the D0 detector. The cross section, reported as a function of jet transverse energy $(E_T\ge 60\mathrm{GeV})$ in the pseudorapidity interval $|\eta |\le 0.5$, is in good agreement with predictions from next-to-leading order quantum chromodynamics.

• Received 17 July 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2451