Direct Photon Plus Away - Side Jet Production in ppp p Collisions at s1s^1/2 = 63-{GeV} and a Determination of the Gluon Distribution

Nov, 1986
25 pages
Published in:
  • Z.Phys.C 34 (1987) 293
Report number:
  • CERN-EP-86-195
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Springer)
We have determined the double inclusive cross-section for opposite-side high-pT photons and away-side jets withθγ≈θjet≈90° produced inpp collisions at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings ats=63\sqrt s= 63 GeV. Under the assumption that these events arise predominantly from the QCD gluon Compton process we have calculated the gluon structure function in the range 0.15≦x≦0.30 at an average square of the four-momentum transfer of 40 GeV2/c2. The data favour a soft gluon distribution in the proton.
  • P P: COLLIDING BEAMS
  • COLLIDING BEAMS: P P
  • P P: INCLUSIVE REACTION
  • PHOTON: HADROPRODUCTION
  • HADROPRODUCTION: PHOTON
  • PHOTON: DIRECT PRODUCTION
  • DIRECT PRODUCTION: PHOTON
  • JET: ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION
  • ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION: JET
  • TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM: HIGH