Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2001-09-19
Eur.Phys.J.C22:289-301,2001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
27 pages, 8 figures, LaTeX
Scientific paper
10.1007/s100520100805
The next-to-leading order cross section for the inclusive production of charm quarks in gamma-gamma collisions is calculated as a function of the transverse momentum pT and the rapidity y in approaches using massive or massless charm quarks. For the direct cross section we derive the massless limit from the massive theory with the result that this limit differs from the massless version with MSbar factorization by finite corrections. Subtracting or adding these corrections allows us to compare the two approaches on equal footing. We establish massless and massive versions with 3 and 4 initial flavours which are shown to approach the massless approximations very fast with increasing pT. With these results we calculate the inclusive D* cross section in gamma-gamma collisions using realistic evolved fragmentation functions with appropriate factorization scales and compare with recent data for dsigma/dpT from three LEP collaborations after single- and double-resolved contributions have been added.
Kramer Georgiana
Spiesberger Hubert
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