Measurement of the proton structure function F-2 and sigma(gamma*p)(tot) at low Q(2) and very low x at HERA

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Breitweg, J
Derrick, M
Krakauer, D
Magill, S
Mikunas, D
Musgrave, B
Repond, J
Stanek, R
Talaga, RL
Yoshida, R
Zhang, H
Mattingly, MCK
Anselmo, F
Antonioli, P
Bari, G
Basile, M
Bellagamba, L
Boscherini, D
Bruni, A
Bruni, G
Romeo, GC
Castellini, G
Cifarelli, L
Cindolo, F
Contin, A
Corradi, M
DePasquale, S
Gialas, I
Giusti, P
Iacobucci, G
Laurenti, G
Levi, G
Margotti, A
Massam, T
Nania, R
Palmonari, F
Pesci, A
Polini, A
Ricci, F
Sartorelli, G
Garcia, YZ
Zichichi, A
Amelung, C
Bornheim, A
Brock, I
Coboken, K
Crittenden, J
Deffner, R
Eckert, M
Grothe, M
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[1] ANDREWS UNIV, BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI 49104 USA
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA, BOLOGNA, ITALY
[3] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[4] UNIV BONN, INST PHYS, D-5300 BONN, GERMANY
[5] UNIV BRISTOL, HH WILLS PHYS LAB, BRISTOL BS8 1TL, AVON, ENGLAND
[6] UNIV CALABRIA, DEPT PHYS, I-87036 COSENZA, ITALY
[7] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, COSENZA, ITALY
[8] CHONNAM NATL UNIV, KWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA
[9] COLUMBIA UNIV, NEVIS LABS, IRVINGTON, NY USA
[10] INST NUCL PHYS, KRAKOW, POLAND
[11] ACAD MIN & MET, FAC PHYS & NUCL TECHNIQUES, KRAKOW, POLAND
[12] JAGIELLONIAN UNIV, DEPT PHYS, KRAKOW, POLAND
[13] DESY, D-2000 HAMBURG, GERMANY
[14] DESY, IFH, ZEUTHEN, GERMANY
[15] UNIV FLORENCE, FLORENCE, ITALY
[16] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[17] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, NAZL FRASCATI LAB, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[18] UNIV FREIBURG, FAK PHYS, D-7800 FREIBURG, GERMANY
[19] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[20] UNIV HAMBURG, INST EXPT PHYS 1, HAMBURG, GERMANY
[21] UNIV HAMBURG, INST EXPT PHYS 2, D-2000 HAMBURG, GERMANY
[22] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, HIGH ENERGY NUCL PHYS GRP, LONDON, ENGLAND
[23] UNIV IOWA, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, IOWA CITY, IA 52242 USA
[24] FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, INST KERNPHYS, D-5170 JULICH, GERMANY
[25] KEK, INST PARTICLE & NUCL STUDIES, TSUKUBA, IBARAKI, JAPAN
[26] KOREA UNIV, SEOUL 136701, SOUTH KOREA
[27] UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID, DEPT FIS TEOR, MADRID, SPAIN
[28] MCGILL UNIV, DEPT PHYS, MONTREAL, PQ, CANADA
[29] MEIJI GAKUIN UNIV, FAC GEN EDUC, YOKOHAMA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN
[30] MOSCOW PHYS ENGN INST, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
[31] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV, INST NUCL PHYS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
[32] NIKHEF H, NL-1009 DB AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[33] UNIV AMSTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[34] OHIO STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, COLUMBUS, OH 43210 USA
[35] UNIV OXFORD, DEPT PHYS, OXFORD, ENGLAND
[36] UNIV PADUA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, PADUA, ITALY
[37] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, PADUA, ITALY
[38] PENN STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, UNIVERSITY PK, PA 16802 USA
[39] POLYTECH UNIV, SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN
[40] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[41] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, ROME, ITALY
[42] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[43] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[44] UNIV GESAMTHSCH SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-5900 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[45] TEL AVIV UNIV, RAYMOND & BEVERLY SACKLER FAC EXACT SCI, SCH PHYS, IL-69978 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
[46] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[47] TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIV, DEPT PHYS, TOKYO, JAPAN
[48] UNIV TURIN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS SPERIMENTALE, TURIN, ITALY
[49] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-10125 TURIN, ITALY
[50] UNIV TURIN, FAC SCI 2, ALESSANDRIA, ITALY
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10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00905-2
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A small electromagnetic sampling calorimeter, installed in the ZEUS experiment in 1995, significantly enhanced the acceptance for very low x and low Q(2) inelastic neutral current scattering, e(+)p --> e(+)X, at HERA. A measurement of the proton structure function F-2 and the total virtual photon-proton (gamma*p) cross-section is presented for 0.11 less than or equal to Q(2) less than or equal to 0.65 GeV2 and 2 x 10(-6) less than or equal to x less than or equal to 6 x 10(-5), corresponding to a range in the gamma*p c.m. energy of 100 less than or equal to W less than or equal to 230 GeV. Comparisons with various models are also presented. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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