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Total Cross Sections and Event Properties from Real to Virtual Photons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1

Abstract

A model for total cross sections with virtual photons is presented. In particular gamma*-p and gamma*-gamma* cross sections are considered. Our approach extends on a model for photoproduction, where the total cross section is subdivided into three distinct event classes: direct, VMD and anomalous. With increasing photon virtuality, the latter two decrease in importance. Instead Deep Inelastic Scattering dominates, with the direct class being the O(alpha_s) correction thereof. Hence, the model provides a smooth transition between the two regions. By the breakdown into different event classes, one may aim for a complete picture of all event properties.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0007314,
  title  = {Total Cross Sections and Event Properties from Real to Virtual Photons},
  author = {Christer Friberg and Torbjörn Sjöstrand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0007314},
  year   = {2014}
}

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1+34 pages, LaTeX2e, 24 eps figures, submitted to J. High Energy Phys