Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1994-03-30
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
20 pages, a compressed ps file is available via anonymous ftp to preprints.cern.ch, file /cern/9403/th-7193-94.ps.Z, report CE
Scientific paper
A real photon has a complicated nature, whereby it may remain unresolved or fluctuate into a vector meson or a perturbative q-qbar pair. Based on this picture, we previously presented a model for gamma-p events that is based on the presence of three main event classes: direct, VMD and anomalous. In gamma-gamma events, a natural generalization gives three-by-three combinations of the nature of the two incoming photons, and thus six distinct event classes. The properties of these classes are constrained by the choices already made, in the gamma-p model, of cut-off procedures and other aspects. It is therefore possible to predict the energy-dependence of the cross section for each of the six components separately. The total cross section thus obtained is in good agreement with data, and also gives support to the idea that a simple factorized ansatz with a pomeron and a reggeon term can be a good approximation. Event properties undergo a logical evolution from p-p to gamma-p to gamma-gamma events, with larger charged multiplicity, more transverse energy flow and a higher jet rate in the latter process.
Schuler Gerhard A.
Sjostrand Torbjörn
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