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Measurement of diffractive production of D(+/-) (2010) mesons in deep-inelastic scattering at HERA
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Measurement of diffractive production of D(+/-) (2010) mesons in deep-inelastic scattering at HERA

ZEUS Collaboration and J Repond
Physics letters. B, Vol.545(3-4), pp.244-260
10/10/2002
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02595-9
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ex/0206020View
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Abstract

Diffractive production of D(*+/-)(2010) mesons in deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 44.3 pb(-1). Diffractive charm production is identified by the presence of a large rapidity gap in the final state of events in which a D(*+/-) (2010) meson is reconstructed in the decay channel D(*+/-) --> (D(0) --> K(-)pi(+))pi(s)(+) (+ charge conjugate). Differential cross sections when compared with theoretical predictions indicate the importance of gluons in such diffractive interactions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V All rights reserved.
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