Measurement of the Total Photon Proton Cross Section and its Decomposition at 200~GeV Centre of Mass Energy
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We present a new measurement of the total photoproduction cross section performed with the H1 detector at HERA. For an average centre of mass energy of 200~GeV a value of $σ_{tot}^{γ{p}}= 165\pm2\pm11μ$b has been obtained. A detailed analysis of the data in adequate kinematic regions enabled a decomposition of the total cross section in its elastic, single diffractive dissociation and remaining non-diffractive parts, based on safe assumptions on the double diffractive dissociation contribution.
20 pages, latex, 6 figures appended as uuencoded file
20 pages, latex, 6 figures appended as uuencoded file