Observation of Isolated High-ET Photons in Photoproduction at HERA

Abstract

Events containing an isolated prompt photon with high transverse energy, together with a balancing jet, have been observed for the first time in photoproduction at HERA.The data were taken with the ZEUS detector, in a $\gamma p$ centre of mass energy range 120--250 GeV. The fraction of the incoming photon energy participating in the production of the prompt photon and the jet, $x_{\gamma }$, shows a strong peak near unity, consistent with LO QCD Monte Carlo predictions. In the transverse energy and pseudorapidity range $5\le \eTg < 10$ GeV, $-0.7\le {\eta }^{\gamma }<0.8$, $\eTj\ge 5$ GeV, and $-1.5\le {\eta }^{jet}\le 1.8$, with $\xgO > 0.8,$ the measured cross section is $15.3\pm 3.8\pm 1.8pb$, in good agreement with a recent NLO calculation.

arXiv comment22 pages including 8 figures

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