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Inclusive pi0 and K0s Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2012-08-27 v1

Abstract

The reactions ee->ee+pi0+X and ee->ee+K0s+X are studied using data collected at LEP with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 202 GeV. Inclusive differential cross sections are measured as a function of the particle transverse momentum pt and the pseudo-rapidity. For pt < 1.5 GeV, the pi0 and K0s differential cross sections are described by an exponential, typical of soft hadronic processes. For pt > 1.5 GeV, the cross sections show the presence of perturbative QCD processes, described by a power-law. The data are compared to Monte Carlo predictions and to NLO QCD calculations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0109037,
  title  = {Inclusive pi0 and K0s Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP},
  author = {L3 Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0109037},
  year   = {2012}
}