INCLUSIVE TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHARGED-PARTICLES IN DIFFRACTIVE AND NON-DIFFRACTIVE PHOTOPRODUCTION AT HERA

INCLUSIVE TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHARGED-PARTICLES IN DIFFRACTIVE AND NON-DIFFRACTIVE PHOTOPRODUCTION AT HERA

Inclusive transverse momentum spectra of charged particles in photoproduction events in the laboratory pseudorapidity range -1.2<η<1.4 have been measured up to pT=8 GeV usign the ZEUS detector. Diffractive and non-diffractive reactions have been selected with an average γp centre of ma...

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Main Authors: Derrick, M, Krakauer, D, Magill, S, Mikunas, D, Musgrave, B, Repond, J, Stanek, R, Talaga, R, Zhang, H, Ayad, R, Bari, G, Basile, M, Bellagamba, L, Boscherini, D, Bruni, A, Bruni, G, Bruni, P, Romeo, G, Castellini, G, Chiarini, M, Cifarelli, L, Cindolo, F, Contin, M, Gialas, I, Giusti, P
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 1995
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Summary:Inclusive transverse momentum spectra of charged particles in photoproduction events in the laboratory pseudorapidity range -1.2<η<1.4 have been measured up to pT=8 GeV usign the ZEUS detector. Diffractive and non-diffractive reactions have been selected with an average γp centre of mass (c.m.) energy of 〈W〉=180 GeV. For diffractive reactions, the pT spectra of the photon dissociation events have been measured in two intervals of the dissociated photon mass with mean values 〈MX〉=5 GeV and 10 GeV. The inclusive transverse momentum spectra fall exponentially in the low pT region. The non-diffractive data show a pronounced high pT tail departing from the exponential shape. The pT distributions are compared to lower energy photoproduction data and to hadron-hadron collisions at a similar c.m. energy. The data are also compared to the results of a next-to-leading order QCD calculation. © 1995 Springer-Verlag.

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