Muon pair production in ep collisions at HERA

Collaboration
Oct, 2003
21 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 583 (2004) 28-40
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DESY-03-159
Experiments:

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Abstract:
Cross sections for the production of two isolated muons up to high di-muon masses are measured in ep collisions at HERA with the H1 detector in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 71 pb^-1 at a centre of mass energy of sqrt{s} = 319 GeV. The results are in good agreement with Standard Model predictions, the dominant process being photon-photon interactions. Additional muons or electrons are searched for in events with two high transverse momentum muons using the full data sample corresponding to 114 pb^-1, where data at sqrt{s} = 301 GeV and sqrt{s} = 319 GeV are combined. Both the di-lepton sample and the tri-lepton sample agree well with the predictions.
Note:
  • 20 pages, 5 figures and 5 tables Report-no: DESY-03-159
  • positron p: colliding beams
  • electron p: colliding beams
  • electron p: inclusive reaction
  • muon: pair production
  • mass spectrum: dimuon
  • final state: (dimuon electron)
  • mass spectrum: (muon electron)
  • electroweak interaction: validity test
  • photon photon: interaction
  • transverse momentum: high