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

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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*+ → (D0 → K-π+)πs+ (+ charge conjugate). Differential cross sections when compared with theoretical predictions indicate the importance of gluons in suc...

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Authors: Chekanov, S; Krakauer, D; Magill, S; Musgrave, B; Repond, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Physics Letters B
• Volume: 545
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 244-260
• Publication date: 2002-10-10
• DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02595-9
• ISSN: 0370-2693
• Language: English