Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Duggan, Daniel J.
URN	etd-04132009-160349
Title	Measurements of the Differential Cross Sections for the Inclusive Production of a Photon and Heavy Flavor Jet
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Physics, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Horst Wahl Committee Chair Efstratios Manousakis Committee Member Joseph Owens III Committee Member Todd Adams Committee Member Chris Schatschneider Outside Committee Member
Keywords	Photon Heavy Flavor Jet Tevatron Cross Section
Date of Defense	2009-03-26
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis presents the first measurement of the differential production cross section of a heavy flavor (bottom or charm) jet and direct photon at the Fermilab Tevatron. These measurements were performed using data recorded with the D0 detector from proton-antiproton collisions at a center of mass energy of sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. These results probe a kinematic range for the photon transverse momentum of 30 to 150 GeV and photon rapidity |y| < 1.0 and for jet transverse momentum greater than 15 GeV and jet rapidity |y| < 0.8. These results are compared to next-to-leading-order theoretical calculations.
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