Muon pair production in e p collisions at HERA.

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Andreev, V. ; Anthonis, T. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 583 (2004) 28-40, 2004.
Inspire Record 632638 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46338

Cross sections for the production of two isolated muons up to high di-muon masses are measured in ep collisions at HERA with the H1 detector in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 71 pb^-1 at a centre of mass energy of sqrt{s} = 319 GeV. The results are in good agreement with Standard Model predictions, the dominant process being photon-photon interactions. Additional muons or electrons are searched for in events with two high transverse momentum muons using the full data sample corresponding to 114 pb^-1, where data at sqrt{s} = 301 GeV and sqrt{s} = 319 GeV are combined. Both the di-lepton sample and the tri-lepton sample agree well with the predictions.

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Integrated cross sections for electroweak muon pair production in the evaluated phase space. The cross section has the di-muon contributions from UPSILON, TAU-PAIR and QUARK-QUARKBAR decay subtracted.

Cross section for the production of two muons in e p interactions as a function of the di-muon mass. This data sample includes di-muons from UPSILON, TAU-PAIR and QUARK-QUARKBAR decays.

Cross section for the production of two muons as a function of the muon transverse momentum (two entries per event).

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