Measurement of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function

Details Measurement of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function Measurement of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function

2003-07-25

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0307068v2

Nucl.Phys.B672:3-35,2003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

35 pages, 11 figures, 6 tables

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.09.001

Production of D*+/-(2010) mesons in diffractive deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 82 pb^{-1}. Diffractive events were identified by the presence of a large rapidity gap in the final state. Differential cross sections have been measured in the kinematic region 1.5 < Q^2 < 200 GeV^2, 0.02 < y < 0.7, x_{IP} < 0.035, beta < 0.8, p_T(D*+/-) > 1.5 GeV and |\eta(D*+/-)| < 1.5. The measured cross sections are compared to theoretical predictions. The results are presented in terms of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function. The data demonstrate a strong sensitivity to the diffractive parton densities.

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