The Phenomenology of Central Exclusive Production at Hadron Colliders.

Harland-Lang, L.A.; Khoze, V.A.; Ryskin, M.G.; Stirling, W.J.

Abstract

Central exclusive production (CEP) processes in high-energy hadron–hadron collisions provide an especially clean environment in which to measure the nature and quantum numbers (in particular, the spin and parity) of new resonance states. Encouraged by the broad agreement between experimental measurements and theoretical predictions based on the Durham approach, we perform a detailed phenomenological analysis of γγ and meson pair CEP final states, paying particular attention to the theoretical uncertainties in the predictions, including those from parton distribution functions, higher-order perturbative corrections, and non-perturbative and proton dissociation contributions. We present quantitative cross-section predictions for these CEP final states at the RHIC, Tevatron and LHC colliders.

Citation

Harland-Lang, L., Khoze, V., Ryskin, M., & Stirling, W. (2012). The Phenomenology of Central Exclusive Production at Hadron Colliders. The European Physical Journal C, 72, Article 2110. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2110-2

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Sep 4, 2012
• Publication Date: 2012-09
• Deposit Date: Mar 4, 2013
• Journal: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
• Print ISSN: 1434-6044
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6052
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 72
• Article Number: 2110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2110-2
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1496450