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EPJ C - Particles and Fields
Particles and Fields
Eur. Phys. J. C 13, 347-355
DOI 10.1007/s100520000309

Large-pT inclusive $\pi^{0}$ cross sections
and next-to-leading-order QCD predictions

P. Aurenche1 - M. Fontannaz2 - J.-Ph. Guillet1 - B.A. Kniehl3 - M. Werlen1

1 Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique LAPTH, B.P. 110, 74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex, France
2 Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Paris XI, Bâtiment 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
3 II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany

Received: 7 October 1999 / Published online: 17 February 2000 - © Springer-Verlag 2000

Abstract
We review the phenomenology of $\pi^{0}$ production at large transverse momentum in proton-induced collisions. Uncertainties in the next-to-leading-order predictions of Quantum Chromodynamics are discussed. The comparison with data reveals that the disagreement between theory and experiment lies essentially in an overall normalization factor. The situation for $\pi^{0}$ production is contrasted with that of prompt-photon production in hadronic collisions.

Copyright Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2000

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