Gamma gamma physics
P. Aurenche, G.A. Schuler, A. Bawa, E. Boudinov, A. Buijs, M. Cacciari, A. Corsetti, W. Da Silva, M. Dubinin, R. Engel F. Erne, J. Field, A. Finch, Jeffrey R. Forshaw, R. Godbole, J.P. Guillet, S.R. Hou, Frederic Kapusta, B. Kennedy, M.N. Kienzle, M. Kramer, P. Kroll, Eric Laenen, M. Lehto, L. Lonnblad, D. Miller, G. Pancheri, J. Parisi, D. Perret-Gallix, J. Ranft, T. van Rhee, S. Riemersma, V. Serbo, M.H. Seymour, Y. Shimizu, T. Sjostrand, S. Soldner-Rembold, M. Stratmann, I. Tyapkin, A. Vogt, J. Ward, B. Wilkens, A. Wright, N.I. Zimine

Jan 1996 - 58 pages

  • In *Geneva 1995, Physics at LEP2, vol. 1* 291-348, and Preprint - Aurenche, P. (rec.Jan.96) 58 p
  • Talk given at Conference: C95-06-15.1, Conference: C95-02-02.2, p.291-348
  • e-Print: hep-ph/9601317 | PDF

Abstract
This report is an overview of the gamma-gamma physics capabilities of LEP2, and covers the following topics: structure functions, equivalent photon approximation, tagging conditions etc, soft and semihard physics, large-$p_t$ processes, heavy-quark physics, and exclusive channels.


Keyword(s): INSPIRE: review | electron positron: inelastic scattering | inelastic scattering: electron positron | exchange: two-photon | two-photon: exchange | photon photon: interaction | interaction: photon photon | photon: structure function | structure function: small-x | quantum chromodynamics: Lambda parameter | quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory | equivalent photon approximation | kinematics | angular correlation | background | photon: resolved | hard scattering | hadron: multiple production | multiple production: hadron | jet: photoproduction | photoproduction: jet | p p: interaction | interaction: p p | photon p: interaction | interaction: photon p | cross section: hadronic | diffraction | model: pomeron | quark: jet | gluon: jet | quark: charm | quark: pair production | pair production: quark | charmonium | meson resonance: photoproduction | photoproduction: meson resonance | numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments | bibliography
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