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Precision Measurement of the Prompt Photon Cross Section in 𝑝⁢¯𝑝 Collisions at √𝑠 =1.8 TeV

ContributorsCDF Collab.
CollaboratorsProduit, Nicolasorcid
Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 73, no. 10, p. 1891-1893
Publication date1994
First online date1995-03
Abstract

A prompt photon cross section measurement from the Collider Detector at Fermilab experiment is presented. Detector and trigger upgrades, as well as 6 times the integrated luminosity compared with our previous publication, have contributed to a much more precise measurement and extended PT range. As before, QCD calculations agree qualitatively with the measured cross section, but the data has a steeper slope than the calculations.

Keywords
  • Anti-p p: colliding beams
  • Colliding beams: anti-p p
  • Anti-p p: inclusive reaction
  • Photon: direct production
  • Direct production: photon
  • Quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • Differential cross section: transverse momentum
  • Transverse momentum: differential cross section
  • Differential cross section: slope
  • Slope: differential cross section
  • CDF
  • Experimental results
  • Batavia TEVATRON Coll
  • Anti-p p --> photon anything
  • 1800 GeV-cms
Citation (ISO format)
CDF Collab. Precision Measurement of the Prompt Photon Cross Section in 𝑝⁢¯𝑝 Collisions at √𝑠 =1.8 TeV. In: Physical review letters, 1994, vol. 73, n° 10, p. 1891–1893. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.1891
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1891
Journal ISSN0031-9007
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