Leading Neutron Energy and pT Distributions in Deep Inelastic Scattering and Photoproduction at HERA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-30-2007
Abstract
The production of energetic neutrons in ep collisions has been studied with the ZEUS detector at HERA. The neutron energy and pT2 distributions were measured with a forward neutron calorimeter and tracker in a 40 pb-1 sample of inclusive deep inelastic scattering (DIS) data and a 6 pb-1 sample of photoproduction data. The neutron yield in photoproduction is suppressed relative to DIS for the lower neutron energies and the neutrons have a steeper pT2 distribution, consistent with the expectation from absorption models. The distributions are compared to HERA measurements of leading protons. The neutron energy and transverse-momentum distributions in DIS are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and to the predictions of particle exchange models. Models of pion exchange incorporating absorption and additional secondary meson exchanges give a good description of the data. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B
Volume
776
Issue
1-2
First Page
1
Last Page
37
DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.03.045
First Department
Physics
Recommended Citation
Chekanov, S.; Derrick, M.; Magill, S.; Miglioranzi, S.; Musgrave, B.; Nicholass, D.; Repond, J.; Yoshida, R.; Mattingly, Margarita C. K.; Jechow, M.; Pavel, N.; Yagües Molina, A. G.; Antonelli, S.; Antonioli, P.; Bari, G.; Basile, M.; Bellagamba, L.; Bindi, M.; Boscherini, D.; Bruni, A.; Bruni, G.; Cifarelli, L.; Cindolo, F.; Contin, A.; Corradi, M.; De Pasquale, S.; Iacobucci, G.; Margotti, A.; Nania, R.; Polini, A.; and Rinaldi, L., "Leading Neutron Energy and pT Distributions in Deep Inelastic Scattering and Photoproduction at HERA" (2007). Faculty Publications. 1972.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/1972
Acknowledgements
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