Photon structure and the production of jets, hadrons, and prompt photons.
We give a pedagogical introduction to hard photoproduction processes at HERA, including the production of jets, hadrons, and prompt photons. Recent theoretical developments in the three areas are reviewed. In summary, hard photoproduction processes can provide very useful information on the hadronic structure of the photon, in particular on the gluon density, which is complimentary to the information coming from deep inelastic photon-photon scattering at electron-positron colliders. Among the different hadronic final states, jets are most easily accessible experimentally and phenomenologically. On the other hand, inclusive hadron production offers the possibility to test the universality of hadron fragmentation functions and measure the photon structure down to very low values of p{sub T} and x{sub {gamma}}. Prompt photon production suffers from a reduced cross section and limited data, but allows for the additional testing of photon fragmentation functions.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 11906
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-HEP-CP-99-73; TRN: US0102281
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Ringberg Workshop: New Trends in HERA Physics 1999, Rottach-Egern (DE), 05/30/1999--06/04/1999; Other Information: PBD: 22 Jul 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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