Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-04-04
Eur.Phys.J.C47:395-411,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
23 pages, LaTeX
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjc/s2006-02574-x
The production of final state photons in deep inelastic scattering originates from photon radiation off leptons or quarks involved in the scattering process. Photon radiation off quarks involves a contribution from the quark-to-photon fragmentation function, corresponding to the non-perturbative transition of a hadronic jet into a single, highly energetic photon accompanied by some limited hadronic activity. Up to now, this fragmentation function was measured only in electron-positron annihilation at LEP. We demonstrate by a dedicated parton-level calculation that a competitive measurement of the quark-to-photon fragmentation function can be obtained in deep inelastic scattering at HERA. Such a measurement can be obtained by studying the photon energy spectra in $\gamma + (0+1)$-jet events, where $\gamma$ denotes a hadronic jet containing a highly energetic photon (the photon jet). Isolated photons are then defined from the photon jet by imposing a minimal photon energy fraction. For this so-called democratic clustering approach, we study the cross sections for isolated $\gamma + (0+1)$-jet and $\gamma + (1+1)$-jet production as well as for the inclusive isolated photon production in deep inelastic scattering.
Gehrmann Thomas
Poulsen E.
Ridder Aude Gehrmann--De
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