Measurement of high-Q2 deep inelastic scattering cross sections with longitudinally polarised positron beams at HERA
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The first measurements of the cross sections for neutral and charged current deep inelastic scattering in e+p collisions with longitudinally polarised positron beams are presented. The total cross section for e+p charged current deep inelastic scattering is presented at positive and negative values of positron beam longitudinal polarisation for an integrated luminosity of 37.0 pb^-1 H1 data and 30.5 pb^-1 ZEUS data collected in 2003 and 2004 at a centre-of-mass energy of 319 GeV. In addition, the ZEUS collaboration measured the single differential cross sections for charged and neutral current deep inelastic scattering in the kinematic region Q^2>200 GeV^2. The measured cross sections are compared with the predictions of the Standard Model. The H1 collaboration extrapolate the cross section to a fully left handed positron beam and find it to be consistent with the Standard Model expectation.
8 pages, contribution to Les Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak 2005, 5-12 Mar 2005, La Thuile, Italy
8 pages, contribution to Les Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak 2005, 5-12 Mar 2005, La Thuile, Italy