Published March 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Double parton scattering in pp collisions at √s=63 GeV

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 2. Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
  • 3. Lund Univ. (Sweden)
  • 4. Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel)
  • 5. Niels Bohr Inst., Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 6. Queen Mary Coll., London (UK)
  • 7. Cambridge Univ. (UK)
  • 8. Pittsburgh Univ., PA (USA)
  • 9. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
  • 10. Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia (USA)

Description

In a study of pp collisions at √s = 63 GeV with more than 29 GeV total transverse energy emitted into 1.8 units of rapidity in the central region, we have extracted a sample of 4-jet events and compared it with models of the two sources of 4-jet events and compared it with models of the two sources of 4-jet production: double bremsstrahlung and double parton scattering. The data cannot be described by bremsstrahlung alone, and we extract the fraction of 4-jet events attributed to double parton scattering for various definitions of the 4-jet sample. We determine the double parton scattering/2-jet yield ratio, and this leads to a determination of the proton radius. We discuss the implications of our observations for the general understanding of high-σET events. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Z. Phys., C
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
2
Series
Z. Phys., C.
Journal Page Range
163-174
ISSN
0170-9739
CODEN
ZPCFD

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