Measurement of D*(+/-) meson production and determination of F-2(c(c)over-bar) at low Q(2) in deep-inelastic scattering at HERA

Summary, in English

Inclusive production of D* mesons in deep-inelastic ep scattering at HERA is studied in the range 5 < Q(2) < 100 GeV2 of the photon virtuality and 0.02 < y < 0.7 of the inelasticity of the scattering process. The observed phase space for the D* meson is (pT) (D*) > 1.25 GeV and |eta( D*)| < 1.8. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 348 pb(-1) collected with the H1 detector. Single and double differential cross sections are measured and the charm contribution F-2(c (c) over bar) to the proton structure function F-2 is determined. The results are compared to perturbative QCD predictions at next-to-leading order implementing different schemes for the charm mass treatment and with Monte Carlo models based on leading order matrix elements with parton showers.

• Author: F. D. Aaron; C. Alexa; V. Andreev; S. Backovic; A. Baghdasaryan; S. Baghdasaryan; E. Barrelet; W. Bartel; K. Begzsuren; A. Belousov; P. Belov; J. C. Bizot; M. -O. Boenig; V. Boudry; I. Bozovic-Jelisavcic; J. Bracinik; G. Brandt; M. Brinkmann; V. Brisson; D. Britzger; D. Bruncko; A. Bunyatyan; G. Buschhorn; L. Bystritskaya; A. J. Campbell; K. B. Cantun Avila; F. Ceccopieri; K. Cerny; V. Cerny; V. Chekelian; J. G. Contreras; J. A. Coughlan; J. Cvach; J. B. Dainton; K. Daum; B. Delcourt; J. Delvax; E. A. De Wolf; C. Diaconu; M. Dobre; V. Dodonov; A. Dossanov; A. Dubak; G. Eckerlin; S. Egli; A. Eliseev; E. Elsen; L. Favart; A. Fedotov; R. Felst; J. Feltesse; J. Ferencei; D. -J. Fischer; M. Fleischer; A. Fomenko; E. Gabathuler; J. Gayler; S. Ghazaryan; A. Glazov; L. Goerlich; N. Gogitidze; M. Gouzevitch; C. Grab; A. Grebenyuk; T. Greenshaw; B. R. Grell; G. Grindhammer; S. Habib; D. Haidt; C. Helebrant; R. C. W. Henderson; E. Hennekemper; H. Henschel; M. Herbst; G. Herrera; M. Hildebrandt; K. H. Hiller; D. Hoffmann; R. Horisberger; T. Hreus; F. Huber; M. Jacquet; X. Janssen; Leif Jönsson; A. W. Jung; H. Jung; M. Kapichine; I. R. Kenyon; C. Kiesling; M. Klein; C. Kleinwort; T. Kluge; R. Kogler; P. Kostka; M. Kraemer; J. Kretzschmar; K. Krueger; M. P. J. Landon; W. Lange; G. Lastovicka-Medin; P. Laycock; A. Lebedev; V. Lendermann; S. Levonian; K. Lipka; B. List; J. List; R. Lopez-Fernandez; V. Lubimov; A. Makankine; E. Malinovski; P. Marage; H. -U. Martyn; S. J. Maxfield; A. Mehta; A. B. Meyer; H. Meyer; J. Meyer; S. Mikocki; I. Milcewicz-Mika; F. Moreau; A. Morozov; J. V. Morris; M. Mudrinic; K. Mueller; Th. Naumann; P. R. Newman; C. Niebuhr; D. Nikitin; G. Nowak; K. Nowak; J. E. Olsson; D. Ozerov; P. Pahl; V. Palichik; I. Panagoulias; M. Pandurovic; Th. Papadopoulou; C. Pascaud; G. D. Patel; E. Perez; A. Petrukhin; I. Picuric; S. Piec; H. Pirumov; D. Pitzl; R. Placakyte; B. Pokorny; R. Polifka; B. Povh; V. Radescu; N. Raicevic; T. Ravdandorj; P. Reimer; E. Rizvi; P. Robmann; R. Roosen; A. Rostovtsev; M. Rotaru; J. E. Ruiz Tabasco; S. Rusakov; D. Salek; D. P. C. Sankey; M. Sauter; E. Sauvan; S. Schmitt; L. Schoeffel; A. Schoening; H. -C. Schultz-Coulon; F. Sefkow; L. N. Shtarkov; S. Shushkevich; T. Sloan; I. Smiljanic; Y. Soloviev; P. Sopicki; D. South; V. Spaskov; A. Specka; Z. Staykova; M. Steder; B. Stella; G. Stoicea; U. Straumann; T. Sykora; P. D. Thompson; T. Toll; T. H. Tran; D. Traynor; P. Truoel; I. Tsakov; B. Tseepeldorj; J. Turnau; K. Urban; A. Valkarova; C. Vallee; P. Van Mechelen; Y. Vazdik; D. Wegener; E. Wuensch; J. Zacek; J. Zalesak; Z. Zhang; A. Zhokin; H. Zohrabyan; F. Zomer
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2011
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 10
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1769-0
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1434-6044