Production of D*+- Mesons with Dijets in Deep-Inelastic Scattering at HERA

Collaboration
Dec, 2006
31 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 51 (2007) 271-287
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DESY-06-240
Experiments:

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Abstract:
Inclusive D* production is measured in deep-inelastic ep scattering at HERA with the H1 detector. In addition, the production of dijets in events with a D* meson is investigated. The analysis covers values of photon virtuality 2< Q^2 <=100 GeV^2 and of inelasticity 0.05<= y <= 0.7. Differential cross sections are measured as a function of Q^2 and x and of various D* meson and jet observables. Within the experimental and theoretical uncertainties all measured cross sections are found to be adequately described by next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD calculations, based on the photon-gluon fusion process and DGLAP evolution, without the need for an additional resolved component of the photon beyond what is included at NLO. A reasonable description of the data is also achieved by a prediction based on the CCFM evolution of partons involving the k_T-unintegrated gluon distribution of the proton.
Note:
  • 31 pages, 7 figures Report-no: DESY06-240
  • electron p: colliding beams
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • D*(2010): electroproduction
  • jet: pair production
  • channel cross section
  • differential cross section
  • momentum transfer dependence
  • x-dependence
  • rapidity dependence
  • transverse momentum dependence