Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1999-11-16
Eur.Phys.J. C12 (2000) 655-661
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
15 pages, LaTeX, final version to appear in Eur. Phys. J. C with some typographical errors corrected and a fifth figure added
Scientific paper
We introduce a general expression which enables the parton distribution, unintegrated over the parton transverse momentum, to be obtained from the conventional parton densities. We use the formalism to study the effects of the transverse momentum q_t of the incoming partonic system on the calculation of the transverse momentum spectra of prompt photons produced in high energy pp and p\bar{p} collisions. For the purposes of illustration, we use the double logarithm approximation. For large q_t we calculate the effect directly from the perturbative formalism, whereas for small q_t we bound the effect using two extreme hypotheses. In both q_t domains we find that the shapes of the prompt photon spectra are not significantly modified, although the cross sections are enhanced.
Kimber M. A.
Martin A. D.
Ryskin M. G.
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