Published March 14, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of deep inelastic compton scattering of high energy photons

  • 1. Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology, London (UK)
  • 2. Paris-11 Univ., 91 - Orsay (France). Lab. de l'Accelerateur Lineaire
  • 3. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 4. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Physique des Particules Elementaires
  • 5. Ecole Polytechnique, 91 - Palaiseau (France)
  • 6. Strasbourg-1 Univ., 67 (France)
  • 7. Strasbourg-1 Univ., 67 (France). Centre de Recherches Nucleaires
  • 8. College de France, 75 - Paris
  • 9. Ethnikon Metsovion Polytechneion, Athens (Greece)
  • 10. Institute of Nuclear Research, Warsaw (Poland)
  • 11. Warsaw Univ. (Poland). Inst. Fizyki Doswiadczalnej
  • 12. Southampton Univ. (UK)

Description

We present the first results on inclusive photo-production of prompt photons at high transverse momenta. The data were taken in an open spectrometer at CERN using a high intensity photon beam with energy between 50 and 150 GeV. After subtracting the yield of photons from indirect sources, a clear excess is observed for transverse momenta above 2.5 GeV/c. Deep inelastic Compton scattering with appropriate QCD corrections account for this excess. The data disfavour the gauge integer charge quark models so far proposed. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
152
Journal Issue
5/6
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
419-427
ISSN
0370-2693

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NA 14 Collaboration.