Measurement of the Total Photon-photon Cross-section for the Production of Hadrons at Small $Q^2$

The PLUTO collaboration Berger, Christoph ; Deuter, A. ; Genzel, H. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 149 (1984) 421-426, 1984.
Inspire Record 204850 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30489

The total photon-photon cross section for the production of hadrons, σ γγ ( W , Q 2 ), has been measured in the single-tag condition for 0.1 < Q 2 < 1.0 GeV 2 and 1.5 < W < GeV. The results are based on 2929 multihadron events obtained with the PLUTO detector at PETRA. The Q 2 dependence of σ γγ average over W can be described by GVDM. The dependence of σ γγ on the mass W of the hadronic final state has been extracted at Q 2 = 0.44 GeV 2 by unfolding the effects of experimental resolution and acceptance. The cross section is found to rise at small W . The result is compared with VDM and the parton model.

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DATA EXTRAPOLATED TO Q**2=0 USING THE GENERALIZED VECTOR MESON DOMINANCE MODEL (GVDM).


A Measurement of the $Q^2$ and $W$ Dependence of the $\gamma \gamma$ Total Cross-section for Hadron Production

The PLUTO collaboration Berger, Christoph ; Deuter, A. ; Genzel, H. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 26 (1984) 353, 1984.
Inspire Record 204849 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.16195

A measurement of the γγ total cross section, σγγ(Q2W), is presented for theQ2 range 0.1 to 100 GeV2, and for the massW of the hadronic final state between 1.5 and 10 GeV. The dependence of σγγ on bothQ2 andW is measured. The results are compared with theoretical predictions. It is found that the data are well described by a sum of quarkparton model and vector dominance contributions.

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