Citation
J. Breitweg et al., DIFFERENTIAL CROSS-SECTIONS OF D-ASTERISK(+ -) PHOTOPRODUCTION IN EP COLLISIONS AT HERA/, Physics letters. Section B, 401(1-2), 1997, pp. 192-206
Abstract
Inclusive photoproduction of D(+)/- in ep collisions at HERA has been
measured with the ZEUS detector for photon-proton centre of mass ener
gies in the range 115 < W < 280 GeV and photon virtuality Q(2) < 4 GeV
2. The cross section sigma(ep) --> DX integrated over the kinematic r
egion p(D)(perpendicular to) 3 GeV acid -1.5 < eta(D)* < 1.0 is (10.6
+/- 1.7(stat.)+/-(1.6)(1.3)(syst.)) nb. Differential cross sections a
s functions of p(D)(perpendicular to), eta(D)* and W are given. The d
ata are compared with two next-to-leading order perturbative QCD predi
ctions. For a calculation using a massive charm scheme the predicted c
ross sections are smaller than the measured ones. A recent calculation
using a massless charm scheme is in agreement with the data. (C) 1997
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