Isolated Photon Cross Section in the Central and Forward Rapidity Regions in {ital p}{ital {bar p}} Collisions at {radical}{ital s}{bold =}1.8 TeV

Journal Article · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review Letters

OSTI ID:404070

A measurement of the cross section for production of single, isolated photons is reported for transverse energies in the range of 10{endash}125GeV for two regions of pseudorapidity, {vert_bar}{eta}{vert_bar}{lt}0.9 and 1.6{lt}{vert_bar}{eta}{vert_bar}{lt}2.5. The data represent 12.9 pb{sup {minus}1} of integrated luminosity accumulated in {bar {ital p}}{ital p} collisions at {radical}{ital s}=1.8 TeV and recorded with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The background, predominantly from jets which fragment to neutral mesons, is estimated using the longitudinal shower shape in the calorimeter. In both pseudorapidity regions the cross section is found to agree with the next-to-leading order QCD prediction for 30{approx_lt}{ital E}{sub {ital T}}{sup {gamma}}{approx_lt}80 GeV. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 404070
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 77; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
CROSS SECTIONS
FERMILAB TEVATRON
LUMINOSITY
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
PHOTONS
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
TEV RANGE 01-10
TRANSVERSE ENERGY