Lepton Pair Production

Lepton Pair Production
Author: J. Thanh Van Tran
Publisher: Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1981
Genre: Dilepton production
ISBN: 9782863320082

Lepton Pair Production in High Energy [mu]a Scattering

Lepton Pair Production in High Energy [mu]a Scattering
Author: Alexander Palen Bulmahn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2010
Genre: Collisions (Nuclear physics)
ISBN:

I reevaluate the total cross section and energy loss parameter [beta] for lepton pair production from interactions of high energy muons with atomic targets. Using a detailed structure function analysis, this evaluation is valid for both elastic and inelastic scattering and includes the entire range of allowed momentum transfers. The formalism presented here is applied to both e+e- and T+T- pair production. This approach to the calculation of the cross section allows for a numerical evaluation of the energy distribution of the differential cross section. Using this numerical evaluation, and parameterizations for the atmospheric muon flux, I calculate the differential flux of high energy electrons and taus produced underground from incident muons, considering both conventional and prompt atmospheric muon fluxes. An approximate form for the differential charged current neutrino cross section is presented and used to calculate the differential flux of electrons and taus produced from incident neutrinos to compare to the production by incident muons. I also calculate the underground flux of photons produced via muon bremsstrahlung and discuss the electromagnetic background from these events. The relevance of high energy lepton production for underground Cherenkov detectors is discussed.

Deep Inelastic Scattering - Proceedings Of The 8th International Workshop

Deep Inelastic Scattering - Proceedings Of The 8th International Workshop
Author: John A Gracey
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 774
Release: 2001-02-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9814542717

This volume focusses on four main topics: structure functions, tests of quantum chromodynamics, physics at the highest Q2 and p2T, and high energy scattering and diffraction. Comprehensive review articles on hadronic and photon structure, lepton-parton and parton-parton physics as well as future experimental opportunities are presented, together with a special lecture on HERA's legacy after the first decade of operation.