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Isolated Photons at Hadron Colliders at O(\alpha alpha_s^2) (II): Spin Dependent Case

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1

Abstract

The cross section for inclusive prompt photon production with polarized hadron beams is calculated at order ααs2\alpha\alpha_s^2 using the phase space slicing or analytic/Monte Carlo method. Isolation cuts are placed on the photon and the results are compared to a previous fully analytic calculation. Numerical results for the isolated cross section are presented for for ppγ+X\vec{p}\vec{p}\rightarrow \gamma+X at RHIC center-of-mass energies with plausible isolation parameters using the most modern polarized parton densities evolved in next-to-leading order QCD. The perturbative stability of the asymmetries and scale dependence of the results are briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9612270,
  title  = {Isolated Photons at Hadron Colliders at O(\alpha alpha_s^2) (II): Spin Dependent Case},
  author = {L. E. Gordon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9612270},
  year   = {2014}
}

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18 pages, 12 figures