Measurement of the hadronic cross-section for the scattering of two virtual photons at LEP

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In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 24, No. 1, 05.2002, p. 17-31.

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OPAL Collaboration 2002, 'Measurement of the hadronic cross-section for the scattering of two virtual photons at LEP', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520200940

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OPAL Collaboration (2002). Measurement of the hadronic cross-section for the scattering of two virtual photons at LEP. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 24(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520200940

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OPAL Collaboration. Measurement of the hadronic cross-section for the scattering of two virtual photons at LEP. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2002 May;24(1):17-31. doi: 10.1007/s100520200940

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OPAL Collaboration. / Measurement of the hadronic cross-section for the scattering of two virtual photons at LEP. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2002 ; Vol. 24, No. 1. pp. 17-31.

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abstract = "The interaction of virtual photons is investigated using the reaction e+e−→e+e− hadrons based on data taken by the OPAL experiment at e+e− centre-of-mass energies √see=189−209 GeV, fo W>5 GeV and at an average Q2 of 17.9 GeV2. The measured cross-sections are compared to predictions of the Quark Parton Model (QPM), to the Leading Order QCD Monte Carlo model PHOJET, to the NLO prediction for the reaction e+e−→e+e−qq¯, and to BFKL calculations. PHOJET, NLO e+e−→e+e−qq¯, and QPM describe the data reasonably well, whereas the cross-section predicted by a Leading Order BFKL calculation is too large.",

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