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Production of Charmed Particles in 250-GeV mu+ - Iron Interactions

The European Muon collaboration Aubert, J.J. ; Bassompierre, G. ; Becks, K.H. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 213 (1983) 31-64, 1983.
Inspire Record 180921 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46965

Dimuon and trimuon events produced by the interaction of 250 GeV muons in an iron target have been studied and are shown to originate predominantly from charm production. The data are used to measure the contribution of charm to the nucleon structure function F 2 . The cross sections for real photoproduction ( Q 2 =0) of charm in the current fragmentation region are derived as a function of photon energy and are found to be ∼0.6% of the total, hadronic photoproduction cross section in this energy range. The measured cross sections are found to be well represented by the photon-gluon fusion model. The charmed quark fragmentation function is obtained by using this model to fit the measured decay muon energy distribution and is found to be well represented by exp(1.6±1.6) Z . The data are used to study the momentum distribution of the gluons in the nucleon. An upper limit of 1.4% (90% confidence level) is set on the branching ratio D→ μν and a model-dependent upper limit on the branching ratio F→ μν is derived.

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The charm contribution to the nucleon structure function from the dimuon data.

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Inclusive Charged $D^*$ Production in $e^+ e^-$ Annihilations at $W=10$.4-{GeV}

The CLEO collaboration Bebek, C. ; Hassard, J. ; Hempstead, M. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 49 (1982) 610, 1982.
Inspire Record 178490 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20565

A measurement is presented of inclusive charged D*(2010) production from nonresonant e+e− annihilation in the center-of-mass energy (W) range 10.2 GeV0.7 (z=2EW, where E is the D* energy).

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D*+ Production in e+ e- Annihilation at 29-GeV

Yelton, J.M. ; Feldman, G.J. ; Goldhaber, G. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 49 (1982) 430, 1982.
Inspire Record 177606 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20572

The production of the charmed meson state D*+ has been observed in e+e− annihilation at 29 GeV. The fragmentation function for charmed quarks appears to be peaked about z=0.5.

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UPDATED RESULT REPORTED AS PRELIMINARY IN G. TRILLING, PARIS CONFERENCE 1982.