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Direct-photon production in high-energy collisions

T. Ferbel and W. R. Molzon

T. Ferbel

  • Department of Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

W. R. Molzon

  • Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 56, 181 – Published 1 April, 1984

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.56.181

Abstract

The authors review the experimental evidence for the observation of single photons in hadronic reactions, summarize the phenomenology used in parametrizing the dynamics of the process, provide a survey of the current status of the experimental program, and discuss expectations from future investigations of direct-photon production at large transverse momenta.

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