Direct-photon plus away-side jet production in pp collisions at {Mathematical expression} GeV and a determination of the gluon distribution

T. Åkesson*, M. G. Albrow, S. Almehed, E. Anassontzis, R. Batley, O. Benary, H. Bøggild, O. Botner, H. Breuker, V. Burkert, B. Callen, R. Carosi, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, P. C. Cecil, V. Chernyatin, Y. Choi, W. E. Cleland, S. Dagan, E. Dahl-JensenI. Dahl-Jensen, P. Dam, G. Damgaard, B. Dolgoshein, S. Eidelman, M. W. Evans, C. W. Fabjan, I. Gavrilenko, U. Goerlach, Y. Goloubkov, H. Gordon, K. H. Hansen, V. Hedberg, J. W. Hiddleston, P. Ioannou, G. Jarlskog, T. Jensen, A. Kalinovsky, V. Kantserov, S. Katsanevas, C. Kourkoumelis, R. Kroeger, K. Kulka, D. Lissauer, B. Lörstad, I. Mannelli, A. Markou, S. Mayburov, N. A. McCubbin, U. Mjörnmark, R. Møller, W. Molzon, P. Nevsky, B. S. Nielsen, L. H. Olsen, Y. Oren, G. Piskounov, D. C. Rahm, L. K. Resvanis, A. Rudge, J. Schukraft, A. Shmeleva, V. Sidorov, S. Smirnov, H. Specht, N. Starinsky, I. Stumer, M. Sullivan, H. H. Thodberg, J. A. Thompson, G. Thorstenson, A. Vanjashin, E. Vella, J. Williamson, W. J. Willis, M. Winik, C. Woody

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Abstract

We have determined the double inclusive cross-section for opposite-side high-pT photons and away-side jets with θγ≈θjet≈90° produced in pp collisions at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings at {Mathematical expression} GeV. Under the assumption that these events arise predominantly from the QCD gluon Compton process we have calculated the gluon structure function in the range 0.15≦x≦0.30 at an average square of the four-momentum transfer of 40 GeV2/c2. The data favour a soft gluon distribution in the proton.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293-302
Number of pages10
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1987

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