Charm production in deep inelastic e p scattering was measured with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 354 pb(-1). Charm quarks were identified by reconstructing D-+/- mesons in the D-+/- -> K--/+pi(+/-)pi(+/-) decay channel. Lifetime information was used to reduce combinatorial background substantially. Differential cross sections were measured in the kinematic region 5 < Q(2) < 1000 GeV2, 0.02 < y < 0.7, 1.5 < p(T)(D-+/-) < 15 GeV and vertical bar eta(D-+/-)vertical bar < 1.6, where Q(2) is the photon virtuality, y is the inelasticity, and p(T)(D-+/-) and eta(D-+/-) are the transverse momentum and the pseudorapidity of the D-+/- meson, respectively. Next-to-leading-order QCD predictions are compared to the data. The charm contribution, F-2(c (c) over bar), to the proton structure-function F-2 was extracted.

H. Abramowicz, I. Abt, L. Adamczyk, M. Adamus, R. Aggarwal, S. Antonelli, et al. (2013). Measurement of D ± production in deep inelastic ep scattering with the ZEUS detector at HERA. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 5, 1-30 [10.1007/JHEP05(2013)023].

Measurement of D ± production in deep inelastic ep scattering with the ZEUS detector at HERA

BASILE, MAURIZIO;CIFARELLI, LUISA;CONTIN, ANDREA;SARTORELLI, GABRIELLA;ZICHICHI, ANTONINO;
2013

Abstract

Charm production in deep inelastic e p scattering was measured with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 354 pb(-1). Charm quarks were identified by reconstructing D-+/- mesons in the D-+/- -> K--/+pi(+/-)pi(+/-) decay channel. Lifetime information was used to reduce combinatorial background substantially. Differential cross sections were measured in the kinematic region 5 < Q(2) < 1000 GeV2, 0.02 < y < 0.7, 1.5 < p(T)(D-+/-) < 15 GeV and vertical bar eta(D-+/-)vertical bar < 1.6, where Q(2) is the photon virtuality, y is the inelasticity, and p(T)(D-+/-) and eta(D-+/-) are the transverse momentum and the pseudorapidity of the D-+/- meson, respectively. Next-to-leading-order QCD predictions are compared to the data. The charm contribution, F-2(c (c) over bar), to the proton structure-function F-2 was extracted.
2013
H. Abramowicz, I. Abt, L. Adamczyk, M. Adamus, R. Aggarwal, S. Antonelli, et al. (2013). Measurement of D ± production in deep inelastic ep scattering with the ZEUS detector at HERA. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 5, 1-30 [10.1007/JHEP05(2013)023].
H. Abramowicz;I. Abt;L. Adamczyk;M. Adamus;R. Aggarwal;S. Antonelli;P. Antonioli;A. Antonov;M. Arneodo;O. Arslan;V. Aushev;Y. Aushev;O. Bachynska;A. B...espandi
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