Measurement of F2(c anti-c) and F2(b anti-b) at low Q**2 and x using the H1 vertex detector at HERA.

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Andreev, V. ; Anthonis, T. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 45 (2006) 23-33, 2006.
Inspire Record 687625 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46047

Measurements are presented of inclusive charm and beauty cross sections in e^+p collisions at HERA for values of photon virtuality 12 \le Q^2 \le 60 GeV^2 and of the Bjorken scaling variable 0.0002 \le x \le 0.005. The fractions of events containing charm and beauty quarks are determined using a method based on the impact parameter, in the transverse plane, of tracks to the primary vertex, as measured by the H1 vertex detector. Values for the structure functions F_2^{c\bar{c}} and F_2^{b\bar{b}} are obtained. This is the first measurement of F_2^{b\bar{b}} in this kinematic range. The results are found to be compatible with the predictions of perturbative quantum chromodynamics and withprevious measurements of F_2^{c\bar{c}}.

8 data tables

Measured NC reduced cross section for charm quarks.

Measuredstructure function F2 for charm quarks.

Measured NC reduced cross section for BOTTOM quarks.

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Measurement of F2(c anti-c) and F2(b anti-b) at high Q**2 using the H1 vertex detector at HERA

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Andreev, V. ; Anthonis, T. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 40 (2005) 349-359, 2005.
Inspire Record 664364 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.45951

Measurements are presented of inclusive charm and beauty cross sections in e^+p collisions at HERA for values of photon virtuality Q^2 > 150 GeV^2 and of inelasticity 0.1 < y < 0.7. The charm and beauty fractions are determined using a method based on the impact parameter, in the transverse plane, of tracks to the primary vertex, as measured by the H1 vertex detector. The data are divided into four regions in Q^2 and Bjorken x, and values for the structure functions F_2^{c\bar{c}} and F_2^{b\bar{b}} are obtained. The results are found to be compatible with the predictions of perturbative quantum chromodynamics.

10 data tables

Charm fraction and cross section.

Bottom fraction and cross section.

The measured reduced neutral current charm cross sections and structure functions obtained using the NLO QCD fit correct for FL.

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Inclusive D0 and D*+- production in neutral current deep inelastic e p scattering at HERA.

The H1 collaboration Adloff, C. ; Aid, S. ; Anderson, M. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 72 (1996) 593-605, 1996.
Inspire Record 421105 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.44713

First results on inclusive D0 and D* production in deep inelastic $ep$ scattering are reported using data collected by the H1 experiment at HERA in 1994. Differential cross sections are presented for both channels and are found to agree well with QCD predictions based on the boson gluon fusion process. A charm production cross section for 10GeV$~2\le Q~2\le100$GeV$~2$ and $0.01\le y\le0.7$ of $\sigma\left(ep\rightarrow c\overlinecX\right) = (17.4 \pm 1.6 \pm 1.7 \pm 1.4)$nb is derived. A first measurement of the charm contribution F2_charm(x,Q~2) to the proton structure function for Bjorken $x$ between $8\cdot10~{-4}$ and $8\cdot10~{-3}$ is presented. In this kinematic range a ratio F2_charm/F2= 0.237\pm0.021{+0.043\atop-0.039}$ is observed.

11 data tables

Inclusive D meson production cross sections. The second systematc error represents the model uncertainty.

Inclusive charm meson cross section averaged for the two processes. The second systematc error represents the model uncertainty.

Ratio of cross sections of D0 and D* production.

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