Journal article
Measurement of isolated prompt photon production in photon-photon collisions at √see = 183-209 GeV
G Abbiendi, C Ainsley, PF Akesson, G Alexander, J Allison, P Amaral, G Anagnostou, KJ Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, D Axen, G Azuelos, I Bailey, E Barberio, RJ Barlow, RJ Batley, P Bechtle, T Behnke, KW Bell, PJ Bell Show all
European Physical Journal C | SPRINGER | Published : 2003
Abstract
For the first time at LEP the production of prompt photons is studied in the collisions of quasi-real photons using the OPAL data taken at e +e- centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV. The total inclusive production cross-section for isolated prompt photons in the kinematic range of transverse momentum pTγ > 3.0 GeV and pseudorapidity |ηγ| < 1 is determined to be σtot = 0.32 ± 0.04 (stat) ± 0.04 (sys) pb. Differential cross-sections are compared to the predictions of a next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculation.