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Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2234–2237 (1996)

Breakdown of Conventional Factorization for Isolated Photon Cross Sections

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Edmond L. Berger1, Xiaofeng Guo2, and Jianwei Qiu2
1High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

Received 12 December 1995; published in the issue dated 25 March 1996

Using e+e-γ+X as an example, we show that the conventional factorization theorem in perturbative quantum chromodynamics breaks down for isolated photon cross sections in a well-defined part of phase space. Implications and physical consequences are discussed.

© 1996 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2234
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2234
PACS:
12.38.Bx, 13.65.+i, 12.38.Qk