Measurement of the total photon-photon cross section for the production of hadrons at small Q2

Ch Berger*, A. Deuter, H. Genzel, W. Lackas, J. Pielorz, F. Raupach, W. Wagner, A. Klovning, E. Lillestöl, J. Bürger, L. Criegee, F. Ferrarotto, G. Franke, M. Gaspero, Ch Gerke, G. Knies, B. Lewendel, J. Meyer, U. Michelsen, K. H. PapeB. Stella, U. Timm, G. G. Winter, M. Zachara, W. Zimmermann, P. J. Bussey, S. L. Cartwright, J. B. Dainton, B. T. King, C. Raine, J. M. Scarr, I. O. Skillicorn, K. M. Smith, J. C. Thomson, O. Achterberg, V. Blobel, D. Burkart, K. Diehlmann, M. Feindt, H. Kapitza, B. Koppitz, M. Krüger, M. Poppe, H. Spitzer, R. van Staa, C. Y. Chang, R. G. Glasser, R. G. Kellogg, S. J. Maxfield, R. O. Polvado, B. Sechi-Zorn, J. A. Skard, A. Skuja, A. J. Tylka, G. E. Welch, G. T. Zorn, F. Almeida, A. Bäcker, F. Barreiro, S. Brandt, K. Derikum, C. Grupen, H. J. Meyer, H. Müller, B. Neumann, M. Rost, K. Stupperich, G. Zech, G. Alexander, G. Bella, Y. Gnat, J. Grunhaus, H. Junge, K. Kraski, C. Maxeiner, H. Maxeiner, H. Meyer, D. Schmidt

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Abstract

The total photon-photon cross section for the production of hadrons, σγγ(W, Q2), has been measured in the single-tag condition for 0.1 < Q2 < 1.0 GeV2 and 1.5 < W < GeV. The results are based on 2929 multihadron events obtained with the PLUTO detector at PETRA. The Q2 dependence of σγγ average over W can be described by GVDM. The dependence of σγγ on the mass W of the hadronic final state has been extracted at Q2 = 0.44 GeV2 by unfolding the effects of experimental resolution and acceptance. The cross section is found to rise at small W. The result is compared with VDM and the parton model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)421-426
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume149
Issue number4-5
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Dec 1984

Funding

FundersFunder number
Basic Research Foundation
Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Norwegian Council for Science and Humanities
Sezione di Roma
UK Science and Engineering Research Council
U.S. Department of Energy
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie

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