Direct photon production in p+p collisions at √s=200GeV at midrapidity

L. Baksay, Awadhesh Kumar Dubey, Mihael Makek, Alexander Milov, Deepali Sharma, Itzhak Tserruya,

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Abstract

The differential cross section for the production of direct photons in p+p collisions at √s=200GeV at midrapidity was measured in the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Inclusive direct photons were measured in the transverse momentum range from 5.5-25GeV/c, extending the range beyond previous measurements. Event structure was studied with an isolation criterion. Next-to-leading-order perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics calculations give a good description of the spectrum. When the cross section is expressed versus x T, the PHENIX data are seen to be in agreement with measurements from other experiments at different center-of-mass energies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number072008
JournalPhysical review D
Volume86
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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