Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to inclusive hadron photoproduction in polarized lepton proton collisions

Dec, 1998
24 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 57 (1998) 4376-4384
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Report number:
  • CERN-TH-97-280

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Abstract:
We calculate the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the `direct' part of the spin-dependent cross section for single-inclusive charged-hadron photoproduction. This process could be studied experimentally in future polarized fixed-target lepton-nucleon experiments, but also at the HERA ep collider after an upgrade to both beams being polarized. We present a brief numerical evaluation of our results by studying the K-factors and the scale dependence of the NLO cross section.
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • electron p: inclusive reaction
  • polarization
  • photon p: inclusive reaction
  • hadron: electroproduction
  • hadron: photoproduction
  • quantum chromodynamics: correction
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • model: parton
  • regularization