Observation of the strange sea in the proton via inclusive phi meson production in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Collaboration
Nov, 2002
20 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 553 (2003) 141-158
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DESY-02-184
Experiments:

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Abstract:
Inclusive phi-meson production in neutral current deep inelastic e+p scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 45 pb^{-1}. The phi mesons were studied in the range 10
Note:
  • 20 pages including 5 figures and 2 tables Report-no: DESY-02-184
  • positron p: colliding beams
  • positron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • neutral current
  • Phi(1020): electroproduction
  • Phi(1020): hadronic decay
  • mass spectrum: (K+ K-)
  • differential cross section: momentum transfer
  • transverse momentum dependence
  • x-dependence
  • kinematics: Breit frame