| Article | |
| Report number | hep-ex/9505012 ; CALT-68-1992 ; CALT-68-1992 |
| Title | A study of hadronic backgrounds to isolated hard photon production with L3 |
| Author(s) | Kirkby, David P. (Caltech) |
| Collaboration | L3 Collaboration |
| Publication | 1995 |
| Imprint | 24 May 1995 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| In: | 30th Rencontres de Moriond : Hadronic Session, Les Arcs, France, 18 - 25 Mar 1995, pp.413-416 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Experiment |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LEP ; L3 |
| Abstract | I describe two methods for studying hadronic backgrounds to prompt photon production with L3, and compare the observed background rates with Monte Carlo predictions. I find that the Monte Carlo models JETSET and HERWIG underestimate the production of isolated neutral hadrons in hadronic Z decays at LEP. By extrapolating results obtained with L3, I estimate that the rate of prompt-photon + jet background to a H -> gamma gamma search at the LHC will be larger than Monte Carlo predictions by a factor of 1.5-2.5. |
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