Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2000-06-14
Eur.Phys.J.C18:293-302,2000
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
20 pages, 6 figures and 3 tables
Scientific paper
10.1007/s100520000526
The inclusive cross section for the photoproduction of neutral pions has been measured as a function of the transverse momentum, rapidity, and Feynman x of the pizero mesons at an average photon--proton centre-of-mass energy of 208 GeV and for photon virtualities below Q^2=0.01 GeV^2. The pizero measurement extends the range covered by previous charged particle measurements at HERA by two units of rapidity in the photon direction down to a value of -5.5 in the gamma p centre-of-mass frame. The pizero transverse momentum distribution is well described over the whole measured range by a power law ansatz, while an exponential fit falls below the data at transverse momentum values above 1.5 GeV/c. Good agreement with the predictions of the Monte Carlo models PYTHIA and PHOJET is found. In the context of the PYTHIA model the data are inconsistent with large intrinsic transverse momentum values in the photon.
Adloff Catherine
H1 Collaboration
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