Electroweak radiative corrections to deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Analytic results are presented on electroweak radiative corrections for neutral-current deepinelastic electron proton scattering at HERA energies. Single photon bremsstrahlung is included without cuts.     

Leading log radiative corrections to deep inelastic neutral and charged current scattering at HERA

TheO(α) radiative corrections for neutral and charged current deep inelastic scattering are calculated in the leading log approximation. The numerical results are found to agree within a few per cent with the results of a completeO(α) calculation by Bardin et al. It is demonstrated that both for the leading log and completeO(α) calculation all light quark mass terms can be eliminated from the cross section.     

Electromagnetic corrections to deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The dominant electromagnetic radiative corrections to neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA energies have been calculated analytically in collinear approximation for unpolarized beams. The results may be used for the construction of an event generator and are applied to discuss the influence of cuts on the magnitude of the correction. For final state collinear photon emission the measurement of the resulting electromagnetic jet (electron plus collinear photon) reducesx-andy-dependence of the correction factor. Electromagnetic corrections to charged current interactions are discussed in leading logarithmic approximation.     

Dijet production in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Dijet cross sections in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering have been measured in the range with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 38.4 pb. The cross sections, measured in the Breit frame using the jet algorithm, are compared with next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD calculations using proton parton distribution functions. The uncertainties of the QCD calculations have been studied. The predictions are in reasonable agreement with the measured cross sections over the entire kinematic range. Received: 11 September 2001 / Published online: 20 December 2001     

Contribution of the radiative tail from the elastic peak to deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The formulae for the contribution of the elastic radiative tail (photon- andZ-boson exchange are included) to the measured cross section of deep inelasticep→eX scattering are derived, using a simple procedure of smoothing the integrand. The numerical results in the kinematical region of smallx at HERA energies are presented.     

Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The distribution of the azimuthal angle of charged and neutral hadrons relative to the lepton plane has been studied for neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering using an integrated luminosity of 45 pb^-1 taken with the ZEUS detector. The kinematic range is 100<Q²<8000 GeV², 0.2<y<0.8 and 0.01<x<0.1 where Q² is the virtuality of the exchanged boson, y is the inelasticity and x is the Bjorken variable. The measurements were made in the hadronic centre-of-mass system. The analysis exploits the energy-flow method, which allows the measurement to be made over a larger range of pseudorapidity compared to previous results. The dependence of the moments of the azimuthal distributions on the pseudorapidity and minimum transverse energy of the final-state hadrons are presented. Although the predictions from next-to-leading-order QCD describe the data better than do the Monte Carlo models incorporating leading-logarithm parton showers, they still fail to describe the magnitude of the asymmetries. This suggests that higher-order calculations may be necessary to describe these data.     

Charmonium production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The electroproduction of and mesons is studied in elastic, quasi-elastic and inclusive reactions for four momentum transfers and photon-proton centre of mass energies GeV. The data were taken with the H1 detector at the electron proton collider HERA in the years 1995 to 1997. The total virtual photon-proton cross section for elastic production is measured as a function of and W. The dependence of the production rates on the square of the momentum transfer from the proton (t) is extracted. Decay angular distributions are analysed and the ratio of the longitudinal and transverse cross sections is derived. The ratio of the cross sections for quasi-elastic and meson production is measured as a function of . The results are discussed in terms of theoretical models based upon perturbative QCD. Differential cross sections for inclusive and inelastic production of mesons are determined and predictions within two theoretical frameworks are compared with the data, the non-relativistic QCD factorization approach including colour octet and colour singlet contributions, and the model of Soft Colour Interactions. Received: 10 March 1999 / Published online: 8 September 1999     

Multiplicity moments in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Multiplicity moments of charged particles in deep inelastic e⁺p scattering have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 38.4 pb⁻¹. The moments for Q²>1000 GeV² were studied in the current region of the Breit frame. The evolution of the moments was investigated as a function of restricted regions in polar angle and, for the first time, both in the transverse momentum and in absolute momentum of final-state particles. Analytic perturbative QCD predictions in conjunction with the hypothesis of Local Parton–Hadron Duality (LPHD) reproduce the trends of the moments in polar-angle regions, although some discrepancies are observed. For the moments restricted either in transverse or absolute momentum, the analytic results combined with the LPHD hypothesis show considerable deviations from the measurements. The study indicates a large influence of the hadronisation stage on the multiplicity distributions in the restricted phase-space regions studied here, which is inconsistent with the expectations of the LPHD hypothesis.     

Dijet production in diffractive deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The production of dijets in diffractive deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 61 pb^-1. The dijet cross section has been measured for virtualities of the exchanged virtual photon, 5 < Q² < 100 GeV², and γ^*p centre-of-mass energies, 100 < W < 250 GeV. The jets, identified using the inclusive k_T algorithm in the γ^*p frame, were required to have a transverse energy E^* _T,jet > 4 GeV and the jet with the highest transverse energy was required to have E^* _T,jet > 5 GeV. All jets were required to be in the pseudorapidity range -3.5<η^* _jet<0. The differential cross sections are compared to leading-order predictions and next-to-leading-order QCD calculations based on recent diffractive parton densities extracted from inclusive diffractive deep inelastic scattering data.     

Forward jet production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The inclusive forward jet cross section in deep inelastic e⁺pe^+p scattering has been measured in the region of x-Bjorken, 4.5 ·10^-44.5 \cdot 10^{-4} to 4.5 ·10^-24.5 \cdot 10^{-2}. This measurement is motivated by the search for effects of BFKL-like parton shower evolution. The cross section at hadron level as a function of x is compared to cross sections predicted by various Monte Carlo models. An excess of forward jet production at small x is observed, which is not reproduced by models based on DGLAP parton shower evolution. The Colour Dipole model describes the data reasonably well. Predictions of perturbative QCD calculations at the parton level based on BFKL and DGLAP parton evolution are discussed in the context of this measurement.     

Forward-jet production in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA

Forward jet cross sections have been measured in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at low Bjorken-x with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 81.8 pb^-1. Measurements are presented for inclusive forward jets as well as for forward jets accompanied by a dijet system. The explored phase space, with jet pseudorapidity up to 4.3 is expected to be particularly sensitive to the dynamics of QCD parton evolution at low x. The measurements are compared to fixed-order QCD calculations and to leading-order parton-shower Monte Carlo models.     

Forward jet production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The production of forward jets has been measured in deep inelastic ep collisions at HERA. The results are presented in terms of single differential cross sections as a function of the Bjorken scaling variable (x_Bj) and as triple differential cross sections d³σ/dx_BjdQ² , where Q² is the four momentum transfer squared and is the squared transverse momentum of the forward jet. Also cross sections for events with a di-jet system in addition to the forward jet are measured as a function of the rapidity separation between the forward jet and the two additional jets. The measurements are compared with next-to-leading order QCD calculations and with the predictions of various QCD-based models.     

On the problem of large radiative corrections in deep inelastic scattering

A serious problem caused by large radiative corrections in deep inelastic scattering is indicated. A simple way how to avoid a principal difficulty related to it is suggested.An abreviated version of this article was presented as a contribution to Hadron Structure '90 conference at Smolenice castle, Czechoslovakia, 25 October, 1990.     

Angular and current-target correlations in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Correlations between charged particles in deep inelastic scattering have been studied in the Breit frame with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 6.4 pb. Short-range correlations are analysed in terms of the angular separation between current-region particles within a cone centred around the virtual photon axis. Long-range correlations between the current and target regions have also been measured. The data support predictions for the scaling behaviour of the angular correlations at high and for anti-correlations between the current and target regions over a large range in and in the Bjorken scaling variable x. Analytic QCD calculations and Monte Carlo models correctly describe the trends of the data at high , but show quantitative discrepancies. The data show differences between the correlations in deep inelastic scattering and annihilation. Received: 18 May 1999 / Published online: 3 November 1999     

Electroweak radiative corrections to muon capture

Electroweak radiative corrections to muon capture on nuclei are computed and found to be sizable. They enhance the capture rates for hydrogen and helium by 2.8% and 3.0%, respectively. As a result, the value of the induced pseudoscalar coupling, g(P)(exp), extracted from a recent hydrogen 1S singlet capture experiment is increased by about 21% to g(P)(exp)=7.3+/-1.2 and brought into good agreement with the prediction of chiral perturbation theory, g(P)(theory)=8.2+/-0.2. Implications for helium capture rate predictions are also discussed.     

Neutral strange particle production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

This paper presents measurements ofK ⁰ and production in neutral current, deep inelastic scattering of 26.7 GeV electrons and 820 GeV protons in the kinematic range 10Q ²<640>², 0.0003x<0.01,>y>0.04. Average multiplicities forK ⁰ and production are determined for transverse momentap _T>0.5 GeV and pseudorapidities ||<1.3. the=" multiplicities=" favour=" a=" stronger=" strange=" to=" light=" quark=" suppression=" in=" the=" fragmentation=" chain=" than=" found=">e ⁺ e ^– experiments. The production properties ofK ^0' s in events with and without a large rapidity gap with respect to the proton direction are compared. The ratio of neutralK ^0' s to charged particles per event in the measured kinematic range is, within the present statistics, the same in both samples.Supported by Worldlab, Lausanne, Switzerland     

Characteristics of radiative events in deep inelasticep scattering at HERA

A major contribution to the electroweak radiative corrections in deep inelastic electron proton scattering is due to hard photon bremsstrahlungep→eγX. The Monte Carlo event generator HERACLES is used to study this process. Predictions for event distributions are given and the observability of radiative events is discussed. As a result we find that cuts can be found that reduce the radiative corrections considerably.     

Measurement of event shapes in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Inclusive event-shape variables have been measured in the current region of the Breit frame for neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering using an integrated luminosity of collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA. The variables studied included thrust, jet broadening and invariant jet mass. The kinematic range covered was 10 &lt; Q ² &lt; 20 480 GeV ² and , where Q² is the virtuality of the exchanged boson and x is the Bjorken variable. The Q dependence of the shape variables has been used in conjunction with NLO perturbative calculations and the Dokshitzer-Webber non-perturbative corrections (`power corrections') to investigate the validity of this approach. Received: 13 November 2002 / Published online: 7 March 2003