Total Hadronic Cross-Section for Photon-Photon Interactions at LEP
Frank Waeckerle
TL;DR
This paper measures the total hadronic cross-section for photon-photon interactions at LEP energies, confirming its consistency with Regge theory and extending understanding of photon-induced processes in high-energy physics.
Contribution
It provides the first measurement of the total hadronic photon-photon cross-section at LEP energies, using OPAL data and photon flux models.
Findings
Cross-section consistent with Regge behaviour
Data extends previous measurements to higher energies
Supports universality of high-energy photon interactions
Abstract
The total hadronic cross-section for the interaction of real photons is extracted from a measurement of the cross-section of the process e+e->e+e- + hadrons using a luminosity function for the photon flux and form factors for extrapolating to Q**2=0. The data was taken with the OPAL detector at LEP at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV. In the energy range 10 < W < 110 GeV the total hadronic photon-photon cross-section is consistent with the Regge behaviour of the total cross-section observed in \gamma p and hadron-hadron interactions.
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