Related papers: Prompt photon production at HERA
We reconsider the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons in $pp$ collisions at the LHC energies in the framework of $k_T$-factorization approach. Our analysis is based on the ${\cal O}(\alpha \alpha_s)$ off-shell (depending on the…
A numerical program to calculate the photoproduction of prompt photons is presented. The code includes full next-to-leading order corrections to all subprocesses. The results are compared to recent ZEUS data.
We perform an in-depth comparative analysis of unintegrated parton distribution function (UPDF) models for isolated prompt diphoton production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$~TeV within the $k_t$-factorization framework.…
The photoproduction of prompt photons, together with an accompanying jet, has been studied in ep collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 77 pb-1. Cross sections were…
We calculate diffractive dijet production in deep-inelastic scattering at next-to-leading order of perturbative QCD, including contributions from direct and resolved photons, and compare our predictions to preliminary data from the H1…
Recent results on the Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) and prompt photon productions from H1 and ZEUS experiments on the $ep$ collider HERA are presented. A new DVCS cross section measurements of the H1 Collaboration, for photon…
We calculate in the framework of collinear factorization the amplitude for the photoproduction of a near forward large mass diphoton at leading twist and next to leading order (NLO) in $\alpha_s$. We demonstrate the validity of…
Recent results on jets in photoproduction and in deep-inelastic scattering at low $Q^2$ by the H1 and ZEUS collaborations are reviewed.
In the framework of the kt-factorization approach, the isolated prompt photon pair production in pp and p \bar p collisions at high energies is studied. The consideration is based on the quark-antiquark annihilation, quark-gluon scattering…
We present a NLO study of inclusive polarized prompt photon production in a conceivable fixed target $pp$ mode of HERA with longitudinally polarized protons at $\sqrt{s}=39$ GeV. We analyze the sensitivity of the corresponding double spin…
We compare results of $k_t$-factorization approach and next-to-leading order collinear-factorization approach for photon-jet correlations in $pp$ and $p \bar p$ collisions at RHIC, Tevatron and LHC energies. We discuss correlations in…
Recent results from the experiments ZEUS and H1 on charm production in $ep$ collisions are reviewed. The topics are elastic and inelastic $J/\psi$ photoproduction, $D^*$ photoproduction differential cross sections and a first look at the…
We give a pedagogical introduction to hard photoproduction processes at HERA, including the production of jets, hadrons, and prompt photons. Recent theoretical developments in the three areas are reviewed.
Processes of hevy quark photoproduction at HERA energies and beyond are investigated using the semihard ($k_{\bot}$ factorization) approach. The virtuality and longitudinal polarization of gluons in the photon - gluon subprocess as well as…
The utility of prompt photon plus associated jet production for constraining the size and shape of the polarized gluon density of the proton $\Delta G$ is examined at $\sqrt{S}=40$ GeV, appropriate for the proposed HERA-$\vec{N}$ polarized…
In this paper we investigate the hadron and photon production at forward rapidities in $pp$ and $pA$ collisions considering two phenomenological models based on the Color Glass Condensate formalism. The predictions of these models for the…
We compare two different approaches used for calculating cross sections for the two-photon $p p \to l^+ l^- X$ process. In one of the approaches photon is treated as a collinear parton in the proton. In the second approach a recently…
Associated production of charged gauge bosons and charged charmed mesons at the LHC is considered in the framework of $k_T$-factorization approach. Theoretical predictions are compared with ATLAS data, and reasonably good agreement is…
We present prospects and requirements for the study at HERA of hard photon processes which generate high $p_T$ photons in the final state, and processes which generate Drell-Yan lepton pairs.
We consider the Higgs boson production at high energy hadron colliders in the framework of the $k_T$-factorization approach. The attention is focused on the dominant gluon-gluon fusion subprocess. We show that $k_T$-factorization gives a…