Measurement of dijet cross sections for events with a leading neutron in photoproduction at HERA

Differential cross sections for dijet photoproduction in association with a leading neutron using the reaction e++p→e++n+jet+jet+Xr have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 6.4 pb-1. The fraction of dijet events with a leading neutron in the final state was studied as a function of the jet kinematic variables. The cross sections were measured for jet transverse energies E7jet>6 GeV, neutron energy En>400 GeV, and neutron production angle θn<0.8 mrad. The data are broadly consistent with factorization of the lepton and hadron vertices and with a simple one-pion-exchange model. (orig.)