Published June 1, 2009 | Version v1
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Photon-jet correlations and constraints on fragmentation functions

Creators

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, LPTh, Universite de Jijel BP 98 Ouled Aissa, 18000 Jijel (Algeria)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, UMR 8627 du CNRS, Universite Paris XI, Batiment 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex (France)
  • 3. LAPTH, Universite de Savoie, CNRS, BP. 110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex (France)
  • 4. IPPP, Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)

Description

We study the production of a large-pT photon in association with a jet in proton-proton collisions. We examine the sensitivity of the jet rapidity distribution to the gluon distribution function in the proton. We then assess the sensitivity of various photon+jet correlation observables to the photon fragmentation functions. We argue that RHIC data on photon-jet correlations can be used to constrain the photon fragmentation functions in a region which was barely accessible in LEP experiments.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.79.114024;
arXiv
arXiv:0903.4834v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 114024-114024.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41042765
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BROOKHAVEN RHIC; CORRELATIONS; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FRAGMENTATION; GLUONS; LEP STORAGE RINGS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PHOTONS; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; PROTONS; SENSITIVITY
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BARYONS; BOSONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; INTERACTIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS

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