Measurement of the Cross Section for Prompt Isolated Diphoton Production in pp[over-bar] Collisions at [sqrt]s=1.96 TeV
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Bauer, Gerry P.; Conway, J.; Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo; Goncharov, Maxim; Makhoul, K.; Paus, Christoph M. E.; ... Show more Show less
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Measurement of the Cross Section for Prompt Isolated Diphoton Production in pp̅ Collisions at √s=1.96 TeV
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This Letter reports a measurement of the cross section of prompt isolated photon pair production in pp[over-bar] collisions at a total energy [sqrt]s=1.96 TeV using data of 5.36 fb-1 integrated luminosity collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The measured cross section, differential in basic kinematic variables, is compared with three perturbative QCD predictions, a leading order parton shower calculation and two next-to-leading order calculations. The next-to-leading order calculations reproduce most aspects of the data. By including photon radiation from quarks before and after hard scattering, the parton shower prediction becomes competitive with the next-to-leading order predictions.
Date issued
2011-09Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Aaltonen, T. et al. (CDF Collaboration). "Measurement of the Cross Section for Prompt Isolated Diphoton Production in pp[over-bar] Collisions at [sqrt]s=1.96 TeV." Physical Review Letters 107, 102003 (2011) [8 pages] © 2011 American Physical Society.
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0031-9007