Multi-leptons with high transverse momentum at HERA
Journal of High Energy Physics 2009:10 (2009)
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Events with at least two high transverse momentum leptons (electrons or muons) are studied using the H1 and ZEUS detectors at HERA with an integrated luminosity of 0.94 fb-1. The observed numbers of events are in general agreement with the Standard Model predictions. Seven di- and tri-lepton events are observed in e+p collision data with a scalar sum of the lepton transverse momenta above 100GeV while 1.94 ± 0.17 events are expected. Such events are not observed in e-p collisions for which 1.19 ± 0.12 are predicted. Total visible and differential di-electron and di-muon photoproduction cross sections are extracted in a restricted phase space dominated by photon-photon collisions. © SISSA 2009.Simulating sub-wavelength temporal effects in a seeded FEL driven by laser-accelerated electrons
FEL 2009 - 31st International Free Electron Laser Conference (2009) 119-122
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Ultrashort electron bunches from laser-driven plasma accelerators hold promise as drivers for short-wavelength free electron lasers. While FEL simulation techniques have been successful in simulating lasing at present-day facilities, the novel sources investigated here are likely to violate a number of widely-held assumptions. For instance the HHG seed radiation, as well as the radiation generated by the bunch, may not conform to the slowly-varying envelope approximation (SVEA) on which the majority of codes rely. Additionally, the longitudinal macroparticle binning precludes the modeling of the full physics of the system. In order to more completely simulate the sub-wavelength effects which arise, we have developed an unaveraged 1-D time-dependent code without the SVEA. We use this to perform numerical analyses and highlight some of the additional features that these new systems present. We conclude that while coherent spontaneous emission from ultra-short bunches may significantly affect start-up, the sub-wavelength structure of HHG seeds has little effect.Measurement of the longitudinal proton structure function at HERA
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 682:1 (2009) 8-22
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The reduced cross sections for ep deep inelastic scattering have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA at three different centre-of-mass energies, 318, 251 and 225 GeV. From the cross sections, measured double differentially in Bjorken x and the virtuality, Q 2, the proton structure functions F L and F 2 have been extracted in the region 5 × 10 - 4 < x < 0.007 and 20 < Q 2 < 130 GeV 2. © 2009 Elsevier B.V.Events with isolated leptons and missing transverse momentum and measurement of W production at HERA
European Physical Journal C 64:2 (2009) 251-271
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Events with high energy isolated electrons, muons or tau leptons and missing transverse momentum are studied using the full e ± p data sample collected by the H1 experiment at HERA, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 474 pb -1. Within the Standard Model, events with isolated leptons and missing transverse momentum mainly originate from the production of single W bosons. The total single W boson production cross section is measured as 1.14±0.25 (stat.)±0.14 (sys.) pb, in agreement with the Standard Model expectation. The data are also used to establish limits on the WW γ gauge couplings and for a measurement of the W boson polarisation. © 2009 Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica.Scaled momentum distributions of charged particles in dijet photoproduction at HERA
Journal of High Energy Physics 2009:8 (2009)