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The Q2 evolution of the hadronic photon structure function Fγ2 at LEP

ContributorsL3 Collab.
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 447, no. 1-2, p. 147-156
Publication date1999
Abstract

New measurements at a centre-of-mass energy s ≃183 GeV of the hadronic photon structure function F γ 2 ( x ) in the Q 2 interval, 9 GeV 2 ≤ Q 2 ≤30 GeV 2 , are presented. The data, collected in 1997 with the L3 detector, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 51.9 pb −1 . Combining with the data taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 91 GeV, the evolution of F γ 2 with Q 2 is measured in the Q 2 range from 1.2 GeV 2 to 30 GeV 2 . F γ 2 shows a linear growth with ln Q 2 ; the value of the slope α −1 d F γ 2 ( Q 2 )/dln Q 2 is measured in two x bins from 0.01 to 0.2 and is somewhat higher than predicted.

Keywords
  • Electron positron: colliding beams
  • Exchange: two-photon
  • Photon photon: interaction
  • Photon: structure function
  • Momentum transfer dependence
  • Hadron: multiple production
  • L3
  • Experimental results
  • CERN LEP Stor
  • 183 GeV-cms
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L3 Collab. The Q2 evolution of the hadronic photon structure function Fγ2 at LEP. In: Physics letters. B, 1999, vol. 447, n° 1-2, p. 147–156. doi: 10.1016/s0370-2693(98)01552-4
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