DOUBLE PROMPT PHOTON PRODUCTION AT HIGH TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM BY pi- ON PROTONS AT 280-GeV/c

The WA70 collaboration Bonvin, E. ; Bopp, R. ; Carroll, L.J. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 41 (1989) 591, 1989.
Inspire Record 265091 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.15470

A search for pairs of highpT prompt photons produced in hydrogen by a 280 GeV/c incidentπ- beam has been carried out using a fine-grained electromagnetic calorimeter and the Omega spectrometer at the CERN SPS. Clear evidence for the existence of such events is found with a six standard deviation signal forpT>3.0 GeV/c. The cross-sections are consistent with beyond leading order QCD calculations. A discussion on the determination of αs is also presented.

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PT is the transverse momentum of either of the two photons.

PT is the transverse momentum of either of the two photons.