Journal article
Measurement of charm and beauty production in deep inelastic ep scattering from decays into muons at HERA
The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, Vol.65(1-2), pp.65-79
01/01/2010
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1193-x
Abstract
The production of charm and beauty quarks in ep interactions has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA for squared four-momentum exchange Q(2) > 20 GeV2, using an integrated luminosity of 126 pb(-1). Charm and beauty quarks were identified through their decays into muons. Differential cross sections were measured for muon transverse momenta p(T)(mu) > 1.5 GeV and pseudorapidities - 1.6 < eta(mu) < 2.3, as a function of p(T)(mu), eta(mu), Q(2) and Bjorken x. The charm and beauty contributions to the proton structure function F-2 were also extracted. The results agree with previous measurements based on independent techniques and are well described by QCD predictions.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Measurement of charm and beauty production in deep inelastic ep scattering from decays into muons at HERA
- Creators
- S. Chekanov - Argonne National LaboratoryM. Derrick - Argonne National LaboratoryS. Magill - Argonne National LaboratoryB. Musgrave - Argonne National LaboratoryD. Nicholass - Argonne National LaboratoryJ. Repond - Argonne National LaboratoryR. Yoshida - Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USAM. C. K. Mattingly - Andrews UniversityP. Antonioli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaG. Bari - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaL. Bellagamba - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaD. Boscherini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaA. Bruni - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaG. Bruni - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaF. Cindolo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaM. Corradi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaG. Iacobucci - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaA. Margotti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaR. Nania - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaA. Polini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaS. Antonelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaM. Basile - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaM. Bindi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaL. Cifarelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaA. Contin - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaS. De Pasquale - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaG. Sartorelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaA. Zichichi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di BolognaD. Bartsch - University of BonnI. Brock - University of BonnH. Hartmann - University of BonnE. Hilger - University of BonnH. -P. Jakob - University of BonnM. Juengst - University of BonnA. E. Nuncio-Quiroz - University of BonnE. Paul - University of BonnU. Samson - University of BonnV. Schoenberg - University of BonnR. Shehzadi - University of BonnM. Wlasenko - University of BonnN. H. Brook - University of BristolG. P. Heath - University of BristolJ. D. Morris - University of BristolM. Kaur - Panjab UniversityP. Kaur - Panjab UniversityI. Singh - Panjab UniversityM. Capua - University of CalabriaS. Fazio - University of CalabriaA. Mastroberardino - University of CalabriaM. Schioppa - University of CalabriaG. Susinno - University of CalabriaE. Tassi - University of CalabriaJ. Y. Kim - Chonnam National UniversityZ. A. Ibrahim - University of MalayaF. Mohamad Idris - University of MalayaB. Kamaluddin - National University of SingaporeW. A. T. Wan Abdullah - University of MalayaY. Ning - Columbia UniversityZ. Ren - Columbia UniversityF. Sciulli - Columbia UniversityJ. Chwastowski - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesA. Eskreys - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesJ. Figiel - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesA. Galas - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesK. Olkiewicz - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesB. Pawlik - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesP. Stopa - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesL. Zawiejski - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of SciencesL. Adamczyk - AGH University of KrakowT. Bold - AGH Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Phys & Appl Comp Sci, Krakow, PolandI. Grabowska-Bold - AGH University of KrakowD. Kisielewska - AGH University of KrakowJ. Lukasik - AGH Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Phys & Appl Comp Sci, Krakow, PolandM. Przybycien - AGH University of KrakowL. Suszycki - AGH University of KrakowA. Kotanski - Jagiellonian UniversityW. Slominski - Jagiellonian UniversityO. Behnke - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYJ. 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- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, Vol.65(1-2), pp.65-79
- DOI
- 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1193-x
- ISSN
- 1434-6044
- eISSN
- 1434-6052
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- ST/H00081X/1 / STFC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ST/H00081X/1 / Science and Technology Facilities Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984627314002771
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