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

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 672 (2003) 3-35, 2003.
Inspire Record 624128 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43831

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.

18 data tables

Total cross section for diffractive D*+- production in the stated kinematicregion.. The second DSYS uncertainty arises from the subtraction of the proton-dissociative background.

The differential cross section as a function of X(NAME=POMERON).

The differential cross section as a function of transverse momentum.

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

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Krakauer, D. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 545 (2002) 244-260, 2002.
Inspire Record 588104 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46583

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-pi+) pi+ (+ charge conjugate). Differential cross sections when compared with theoretical predictions indicate the importance of gluons in such diffractive interactions.

9 data tables

Measurment of total diffractive cross section and ratio to inclusive DIS cross section.

Ratio of diffractive to inclusive D*+- production w.r.t. Q**2.

Ratio of diffractive to inclusive D*+- production w.r.t. W.

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