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Resolved photon and multi-component model for $\gamma^*$p and $\gamma^* \gamma^*$ scattering at high energies

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-01-07 v1

Abstract

We generalize our previous model for γp\gamma^* p scattering to γγ\gamma \gamma scattering. In the latter case the number of components naturally grows. When using the model parameters from our previous γp\gamma^* p analysis the model cross section for γγ\gamma \gamma scattering is larger than the corresponding LEP2 experimental data by more than a factor of two. However, performing a new simultaneous fit to γp\gamma^* p and γγ\gamma \gamma total cross section we can find an optimal set of parameters to describe both processes. We propose new measures of factorization breaking for γγ\gamma^* \gamma^* collisions and present results for our new model.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0504128,
  title  = {Resolved photon and multi-component model for $\gamma^*$p and $\gamma^* \gamma^*$ scattering at high energies},
  author = {Tomasz Pietrycki and Antoni Szczurek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0504128},
  year   = {2009}
}

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23 pages, 10 figures