A NLO calculation of the large p_T photon + photon -> photon + jet cross section

Abstract

We study the production of an isolated large p_T photon as well as the production of an isolated prompt photon plus a jet in e^+e^- collisions. Our results are obtained by a NLO Monte Carlo program of partonic event generator type. We discuss the possibilities to constrain the parton densities in the real photon and compare to preliminary OPAL data.

Comments: 23 pages LaTex, 11 figures