Evidence for an Excess of Soft Photons in Hadronic Decays of Z^0
| dc.creator | The DELPHI Collaboration | |
| dc.creator | Abdallah, J. | |
| dc.date | 2006-04-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:58:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:58:13Z | |
| dc.description | Soft photons inside hadronic jets converted in front of the DELPHI main tracker (TPC) in events of qqbar disintegrations of the Z^0 were studied in the kinematic range 0.2 < E_gamma < 1 GeV and transverse momentum with respect to the closest jet direction p_T < 80 MeV/c. A clear excess of photons in the experimental data as compared to the Monte Carlo predictions is observed. This excess (uncorrected for the photon detection efficiency) is (1.17 +/- 0.06 +/- 0.27) x 10^{-3} gamma/jet in the specified kinematic region, while the expected level of the inner hadronic bremsstrahlung (which is not included in the Monte Carlo) is (0.340 +/- 0.001 +/- 0.038) x 10^{-3} gamma/jet. The ratio of the excess to the predicted bremsstrahlung rate is then (3.4 +/- 0.2 +/- 0.8), which is similar in strength to the anomalous soft photon signal observed in fixed target experiments with hadronic beams. | |
| dc.description | 37 pages, 9 figures, Accepted by Eur. Phys. J. C | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0604038 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0604038 | |
| dc.identifier | Eur.Phys.J.C47:273-294,2006 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1140/epjc/s2006-02568-8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/206149 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Experiment | |
| dc.title | Evidence for an Excess of Soft Photons in Hadronic Decays of Z^0 | |
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