R. Akers et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE MULTIPLICITY OF CHARM QUARK PAIRS FROM GLUONS IN HADRONIC Z(0) DECAYS, Physics letters. Section B, 353(4), 1995, pp. 595-605
We have measured the multiplicity of charm quark pairs arising from gl
uon splitting in a sample of about 3.5 million hadronic Z(0) decays. B
y selecting a 3-jet event topology and tagging charmed hadrons in the
lowest energy jet using leptons, we established a signature of heavy q
uark pair production from gluons. The average number of gluons splitti
ng into a c ($) over bar c pair per hadronic event was measured to be
($) over bar n(g--c ($) over bar c)=(2.27 +/- 0.28 +/- 0.41)x10(-2).