C. Adloff et al., INCLUSIVE D-0 AND D-ASTERISK(+ -) PRODUCTION IN NEUTRAL-CURRENT DEEP-INELASTIC EP SCATTERING AT HERA/, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 72(4), 1996, pp. 593-605
First results on inclusive D-0 and D-+/- production in neutral curren
t deep inelastic ep scattering are reported using data collected by th
e H1 experiment at HERA in 1994. Differential cross sections are prese
nted for both channels and are found to agree well with QCD prediction
s based on the boson gluon fusion process. A charm production cross se
ction for 10 GeV2 less than or equal to Q(2) less than or equal to 100
GeV2 and 0.01 less than or equal to y less than or equal to 0.7 of si
gma (ep --> <ec(c)over bar X>) = (17.4 +/- 1.6 +/- 1.7 +/- 1.4) nb is
derived. A first measurement of the charm contribution F(2)(<c(c)over
bar>) (x, Q(2)) to the proton structure function for Bjorken x between
8 . 10(-4) and 8 . 10(-3) is presented. In this kinematic range a rat
io F(2)(<c(c)over bar>)/F-2 = 0.237 +/- 0.021 +/- 0.041 is observed.