PRODUCTION OF DRELL-YAN PAIRS IN PP COLLISIONS

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作者
GAVIN, S
GUPTA, S
KAUFFMAN, R
RUUSKANEN, PV
SRIVASTAVA, DK
THEWS, RL
机构
[1] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES,THEORY GRP,BOMBAY 400005,MAHARASHTRA,INDIA
[2] UNIV HELSINKI,INST THEORET PHYS,SF-00014 HELSINKI,FINLAND
[3] BHABHA ATOM RES CTR,CTR VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON,CALCUTTA 700064,W BENGAL,INDIA
[4] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT PHYS,TUCSON,AZ 85721
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A | 1995年 / 10卷 / 20-21期
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10.1142/S0217751X9500142X
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We compute cross sections for the Drell-Yan process in N-N collisions at next-to-leading order in alpha(s). The mass, rapidity, transverse momentum, and angular dependence of these cross sections are presented. An estimate of higher order corrections is obtained from next-to-next-to-leading order calculation of the mass distribution. We compare the results with some of the existing data to show the quality of the agreement between calculations and data. We present predictions for energies that will become available at the RHIC and LHC colliders. Uncertainties in these predictions due to choices of scale, scheme and parton distribution are discussed.
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页码:2961 / 2998
页数:38
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