Leptonic structure functions of the photon

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(84)90626-9

Physics Letters B

Volume 147, Issues 1–3, 1 November 1984, Pages 232-236

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Abstract

An analysis of the production of muon pairs in γγ collisions is presented. The leptonic structure functions of the photon, F₂ and 2xF₁, are extracted for Q² < 1.7 GeV². Their x dependences agree well with QED predictions. Corrections are required to eliminate radiative effects in the 2xF₁ data.

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