This thesis presents a measurement of the inclusive cross-section for prompt photon production as a function of the invariant mass of the photon and highest energy jet in the final state. The experimental cross section is compared with a next-to-leading logarithm Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) theoretical calculation. Also presented is a mass-fitting analysis in which the photon-jet invariant mass distribution is examined for evidence of excited quark production and decay, a signature of quark compositeness. No evidence of excited quark production was found. An upper limit on the excited quark cross section was established. This upper limit was compared with a theoretical prediction to set a lower limit on the mass of excited quarks of 531 GeV/$c\sp2,$ according to the assumptions of the model. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-01, Section: B, page: 0420. / Major Professor: Horst Wahl. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77652 |
| Contributors | Madden, Robert Wayne., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 153 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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