Published July 5, 1990
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Journal article
The gluon distribution at small x. A phenomenological analysis
- 1. Durham Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
- 2. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton (UK)
Description
The size of the gluon distribution at small x has important implications for phenomenology at future high energy hadron-hadron and lepton-hadron colliders. We extend a recent global parton distribution fit to investigate the constraints on the gluon from deep inelastic and prompt photon data. In particular, we estimate a band of allowed gluon distributions with qualitatively different small-x behaviour and study the implications of these on a variety of cross sections at high energy pp and ep colliders. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters, (Section) B
- Journal Volume
- 243
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 421-426
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 21085469
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAUTY PARTICLES; DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; EXCITATION FUNCTIONS; GEV RANGE 10-100; GEV RANGE 100-1000; GLUON MODEL; HIGGS BOSONS; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS; J PSI-3097 MESONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE STRUCTURE; PARTON MODEL; PHOTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; PHOTONS; PHOTOPRODUCTION; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; QUARKS; REST MASS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TEV RANGE 01-10; TEV RANGE 10-100; THEORETICAL DATA; TOP PARTICLES; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CHARMONIUM; COMPOSITE MODELS; CROSS SECTIONS; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; GEV RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INELASTIC SCATTERING; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHOTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; PHOTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; PHOTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; QUARKONIUM; SCATTERING; TEV RANGE; VECTOR MESONS