Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1995-05-12
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Talk given by RMG at `Photon 95', Sheffield, April 1995; LaTeX with equation.sty; 7 pages and 4 figures (not included). A comp
Scientific paper
We calculate the contribution to inclusive high tranverse momentum ($p_T$) charm production at HERA from the excitation of charm in the photon. At large values of \pt\ the results of such a calculation, in the structure function language, will be more reliable as it sums the large logs, $\log(p_T^2/m_c^2)$, as opposed to calculating the contribution of the $2 \to 3 $ subprocess in fixed order of perturbation theory. We find that this contribution is large and comparable to the contribution from $\gamma g$ fusion production of charm. Suitable cuts on the rapidity of the `away-side' large \pt\ jet allow a very neat separation between the contributions from the excitation process and from pair-production. We further find that including this excitation contribution we can reproduce the measured inclusive $D^*$ and $\mu$ cross--sections measured by the ZEUS and H1 collaborations respectively, in a LO calculation.
Drees Manuel
Godbole Rohini M.
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