A Measurement and QCD Analysis of the Proton Structure Function F 2 ( x , Q 2 ) at HERA H 1

A new measurement of the proton structure function F2(x,Q ) is reported for momentum transfers squared Q between 1.5 GeV and 5000 GeV and for Bjorken x between 3 · 10 and 0.32 using data collected by the HERA experiment H1 in 1994. The data represent an increase in statistics by a factor of ten with respect to the analysis of the 1993 data. Substantial extension of the kinematic range towards low Q and x has been achieved using dedicated data samples and events with initial state photon radiation. The structure function is found to increase significantly with decreasing x, even in the lowest accessible Q region. The data are well described by a Next to Leading Order QCD fit and the gluon density is extracted. S. Aid, V. Andreev, B. Andrieu, R. -D. Appuhn, M. Arpagaus, A. Babaev, J. Bähr, J. Bán, Y. Ban, P. Baranov, E. Barrelet, R. Barschke, W. Bartel, M. Barth, U. Bassler, H.P. Beck, H. -J. Behrend, A. Belousov, Ch. Berger, G. Bernardi, R. Bernet, G. Bertrand-Coremans, M. Besançon, R. Beyer, P. Biddulph, P. Bispham, J.C. Bizot, V. Blobel, K. Borras, F. Botterweck, V. Boudry, A. Braemer, W. Braunschweig, V. Brisson, D. Bruncko, C. Brune, R. Buchholz, L. Büngener, J. Bürger, F.W. Büsser, A. Buniatian, S. Burke, M.J. Burton, G. Buschhorn, A.J. Campbell, T. Carli, F. Charles, M. Charlet, D. Clarke, A.B. Clegg, B. Clerbaux, S. Cocks, J.G. Contreras, C. Cormack, J.A. Coughlan, A. Courau, M. -C. Cousinou, G. Cozzika, L. Criegee, D.G. Cussans, J. Cvach, S. Dagoret, J.B. Dainton, W.D. Dau, K. Daum, M. David, C.L. Davis, B. Delcourt, A. De Roeck, E.A. De Wolf, M. Dirkmann, P. Dixon, P. Di Nezza, W. Dlugosz, C. Dollfus, J.D. Dowell, H.B. Dreis, A. Droutskoi, D. Düllmann, O. Dünger, H. Duhm, J. Ebert, T.R. Ebert, G. Eckerlin, V. Efremenko, S. Egli, R. Eichler, F. Eisele, E. Eisenhandler, R.J. Ellison, E. Elsen, M. Erdmann, W. Erdmann, E. Evrard, A.B. Fahr, L. Favart, A. Fedotov, D. Feeken, R. Felst, J. Feltesse, J. Ferencei, F. Ferrarotto, K. Flamm, M. Fleischer, M. Flieser, G. Flügge, A. Fomenko, B. Fominykh, J. Formánek, J.M. Foster, G. Franke, E. Fretwurst, E. Gabathuler, K. Gabathuler, F. Gaede, J. Garvey, J. Gayler, M. Gebauer, A. Gellrich, H. Genzel, R. Gerhards, A. Glazov, U. Goerlach, L. Goerlich, N. Gogitidze, M. Goldberg, D. Goldner, K. Golec-Biernat, B. Gonzalez-Pineiro, I. Gorelov, C. Grab, H. Grässler, R. Grässler, T. Greenshaw, R. Griffiths, G. Grindhammer, A. Gruber, C. Gruber, J. Haack, D. Haidt, L. Hajduk, M. Hampel, W.J. Haynes, G. Heinzelmann, R.C. W. Henderson, H. Henschel, I. Herynek, M.F. Hess, W. Hildesheim, K.H. Hiller, C.D. Hilton, J. Hladký, K.C. Hoeger, M. Höppner, D. Hoffmann, T. Holtom, R. Horisberger, V.L. Hudgson, M. Hütte, H. Hufnagel, M. Ibbotson, H. Itterbeck, A. Jacholkowska, C. Jacobsson, M. Jaffre, J. Janoth, T. Jansen, L. Jönsson, K. Johannsen, D.P. Johnson, L. Johnson, H. Jung, P.I. P. Kalmus, M. Kander, D. Kant, R. Kaschowitz, U. Kathage, J. Katzy, H.H. Kaufmann, O. Kaufmann, S. Kazarian, I.R. Kenyon, S. Kermiche, C. Keuker, C. Kiesling, M. Klein, C. Kleinwort, G. Knies, T. Köhler, J.H. Köhne, H. Kolanoski, F. Kole, S.D. Kolya, V. Korbel, M. Korn, P. Kostka, S.K. Kotelnikov, T. Krämerkämper, M.W. Krasny, H. Krehbiel, D. Krücker, U. Krüger, U. Krüner-Marquis, H. Küster, M. Kuhlen, T. Kurča, J. Kurzhöfer, D. Lacour, B. Laforge, R. Lander, M.P.J. Landon, W. Lange, U. Langenegger, J.-F. Laporte, A. Lebedev, F. Lehner, C. Leverenz, S. Levonian, Ch. Ley, G. Lindström, M. Lindstroem, J. Link, F. Linsel, J. Lipinski, B. List, G. Lobo, H. Lohmander, J.W. Lomas, G.C. Lopez, V. Lubimov, D. Lüke, N. Magnussen, E. Malinovski, S. Mani, R. Maraček, P. Marage, J. Marks, R. Marshall, J. Martens, G. Martin, R. Martin, H. -U. Martyn, J. Martyniak, T. Mavroidis, S.J. Maxfield, S.J. McMahon, A. Mehta, K. Meier, T. Merz, A. Meyer, A. Meyer, H. Meyer, J. Meyer, P.O. Meyer, A. Migliori, S. Mikocki, D. Milstead, J. Moeck, F. Moreau, J.V. Morris, E. Mroczko, D. Müller, G. Müller, K. Müller, P. Muŕın, V. Nagovizin, R. Nahnhauer, B. Naroska, Th. Naumann, P.R. Newman, D. Newton, D. Neyret, H.K. Nguyen, T.C. Nicholls, F. Niebergall, C. Niebuhr, Ch. Niedzballa, H. Niggli, R. Nisius, G. Nowak, G.W. Noyes, M. Nyberg-Werther, M. Oakden, H. Oberlack, U. Obrock, J.E. Olsson, D. Ozerov, P. Palmen, E. Panaro, A. Panitch, C. Pascaud, G.D. Patel, H. Pawletta, E. Peppel, E. Perez, J.P. Phillips, A. Pieuchot, D. Pitzl, G. Pope, S. Prell, R. Prosi, K. Rabbertz, G. Rädel, F. Raupach, P. Reimer, S. Reinshagen, H. Rick, V. Riech, J. Riedlberger, F. Riepenhausen, S. Riess, E. Rizvi, S.M. Robertson,