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在LHC上约束双光子过程中的光子通量

Constraining the photon flux in two-photon processes at the LHC

G. G. da Silveira, V. P. Goncalves

摘要:

在本文中,我们提出的研究$W^+W^-$和$μ^+μ^-$生产的双光子相互作用中的$pp$碰撞在LHC的能量,以限制光子通量的超相对论质子。我们考虑质子光子分布的当前参数化,并估计了弹性、半弹性和非弹性过程的有效光子-光子光度。此外,我们提出的快速性和不变的质量分布的双光子产生的$W^+W^-$和$μ^+μ^-$在$γγ$相互作用在LHC能量的预测。我们表明,半弹性和非弹性的预测是强烈依赖于非弹性光子通量的描述,不同的过程的相对贡献取决于最终状态的不变质量。我们的研究结果表明,一个专门的实验分析的双光子生产的$W^+W^-$和$μ^+μ^-$与标签的质子在最终状态可以是有用的约束的大小的光子分布的非弹性分量。

英文摘要:

In this paper we propose the study of the $W^+W^-$ and $μ^+μ^-$ production by two-photon interactions in $pp$ collisions at LHC energies to constrain the photon flux associated to an ultrarelativistic proton. We consider the current parametrizations for the photon distribution of the proton and estimate the effective photon - photon luminosities for elastic, semielastic and inelastic processes. Moreover, we present predictions for the rapidity and invariant mass distributions for the two-photon production of $W^+W^-$ and $μ^+μ^-$ in $γγ$ interactions at LHC energies. We demonstrate that the semielastic and inelastic predictions are strongly dependent on the description of the inelastic photon flux, and that the relative contribution of the different processes depends on the invariant mass of the final state. Our results implies that a dedicated experimental analysis of the two-photon production of $W^+W^-$ and $μ^+μ^-$ with the tagging of one of the protons in the final state can be useful to constrain the magnitude of the inelastic component of the photon distribution.

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