1999/12/21 by Richard Nisius · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-1573(99)00115-5
published as Phys.Rept.332:165-317,2000 · 206 pages, 91 figures, 36 tables
arxiv created 1999/12/21 · openalex publication_date 2000/07/01 · arxiv updated 2014/11/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
The present knowledge of the structure of the photon is presented with emphasis on measurements of the photon structure obtained from deep inelastic electron-photon scattering at e+e- colliders. This review covers the leptonic and hadronic structure of quasi-real and also of highly virtual photons, based on measurements of structure functions and differential cross-sections. Future prospects of the investigation of the photon structure in view of the ongoing LEP2 programme and of a possible linear collider are addressed. The most relevant results in the context of measurements of the photon structure from photon-photon scattering at LEP and from photon-proton and electron-proton scattering at HERA are summarised.