Prompt Photon Production in $gamma gamma$ Collisions and the Gluon Content of the Photon.pdfVIP

a r X i v : h e p - p h / 9 6 0 5 2 7 5 v 1 1 0 M a y 1 9 9 6 ANL-HEP-PR-96-32 MC-TH-96/15 Prompt Photon Production in γγ Collisions and the Gluon Content of the Photon L. E. Gordona and J. K. Storrowb a High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA b Dept. of Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England Abstract We calculate the cross section for inclusive prompt photon production in γγ collisions, i.e. the reaction e+e? → γγ → γX, in next-to-leading order QCD. We show that at LEP2 energies this cross section is measurable