Run 2 Diffractive Results

Diffractive Dijet Production at 1.96 TeV


The diffractive dijet events studied are characterized by the presence of two jets resulting from a hard scattering and a leading antiproton, which escapes the collision intact. Using Run II data and dedicated diffractive triggers, a measurement of the diffractive structure function of the antiproton and a study of Double Pomeron Exchange (DPE) event candidates are presented.

The signature of a typical diffractive event in ppbar collisions is characterized by a leading proton or anti-proton and/or a region at large pseudorapidity with no particles, also known as rapidity gap. Hard diffraction processes are hadronic interactions that incorporate a high transverse momentum partonic scattering, while carrying the characteristic signature of a diffractive event.


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Plot Plot Remarks/Comments
EvtXiPbar (.eps), (.gif) Xi distribution for the antiproton.
The leading antiproton is scattered with a small momentum transfer and loses a fraction Xi of its initial momentum.
DPhi (.eps), (.gif) DeltaPhi between the two highest ET jets.
MP West Multiplicity (.eps), (.gif) MiniPlug multiplicity (antiproton side).
Di-Jet ET (.eps), (.gif) Mean ET of the two highest ET jets.
Di-Jet Delta Eta (.eps), (.gif) Mean di-jet pseudo-rapidity.
SD/ND ratio (.eps) (blue+cyan), (.gif) (blue+cyan)
(.eps) (blue+blue) , (.gif) (blue+blue)
(.eps) (cyan+cyan) , (.gif) (cyan+cyan)
Ratio of SD/ND events as a function of the Bjorken variable x_Bj.
SD/ND ratio (.eps) , (.gif) Ratio of SD/ND events (same as above): q2 dependence.
MP vs BSC East multiplicity (.eps), (.gif) Proton-side multiplicity: MP vs BSC.
DPE: Jet ET (.eps), (.gif) DPE: Jet ET (leading and next-to-leading jets).
DPE: Di-Jet Eta (.eps), (.gif) DPE: mean di-jet rapidity.
DPE: Delta-Phi (.eps), (.gif) DPE: DeltaPhi (jet1-jet2).


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Michele Gallinaro
Last modified: Tue Apr 8 17:29:26 EDT 2003