Measurement of inclusive D*+- and associated dijet cross sections in photoproduction at HERA.

The ZEUS collaboration Breitweg, J. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 6 (1999) 67-83, 1999.
Inspire Record 472962 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44219

Inclusive photoproduction of D*+- mesons has been measured for photon-proton centre-of-mass energies in the range 130 < W < 280 GeV and a photon virtuality Q^2 < 1 GeV^2. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 37 pb^-1. Total and differential cross sections as functions of the D* transverse momentum and pseudorapidity are presented in restricted kinematical regions and the data are compared with next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative QCD calculations using the "massive charm" and "massless charm" schemes. The measured cross sections are generally above the NLO calculations, in particular in the forward (proton) direction. The large data sample also allows the study of dijet production associated with charm. A significant resolved as well as a direct photon component contribute to the cross section. Leading order QCD Monte Carlo calculations indicate that the resolved contribution arises from a significant charm component in the photon. A massive charm NLO parton level calculation yields lower cross sections compared to the measured results in a kinematic region where the resolved photon contribution is significant.

6 data tables

Integrated D*+- cross sections from the decay channel (1) AND (2).

Differential cross section, as a function of transverse momentum, from decay channel (1).

Differential cross section, as a function of pseudo-rapidity, from channel (1).

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Dijet angular distributions in direct and resolved photoproduction at HERA

The ZEUS collaboration Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 384 (1996) 96009318 401-413, 1996.
Inspire Record 418926 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44759

Jet photoproduction, where the two highest transverse energy (ET<sup loc="post">jet</sup>) jets have ET<sup loc="post">jet</sup> above 6 GeV and a jet-jet invariant mass above 23 GeV, has been studied with the ZEUS detector at the HERA ep collider. Resolved and direct photoproduction samples have been separated. The cross section as a function of the angle between the jet-jet axis and the beam direction in the dijet rest frame has been measured for the two samples. The measured angular distributions differ markedly from each other. They agree with the predictions of QCD calculations, where the different angular distributions reflect the different spins of the quark and gluon exchanged in the hard subprocess.

2 data tables

Direct processes, XOBS >= 0.75.

Resolved processes, XOBS <= 0.75.