$D$ Meson Production From 400 GeV/$c p p$ Interactions

The LEBC-EHS collaboration Aguilar-Benitez, M. ; Allison, W.W.M. ; Bailly, J.L. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 189 (1987) 476, 1987.
Inspire Record 245101 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.12913

We have measured the inclusive production properties of D and D messons produced from pp interactions at s =27.4 GeV . The differential production cross section is well represented by the empirical form d 2 σ d x F d P 2 T = 1 2 [σ ( D / D )(n+1)b](1−|x F |) n exp (−bp 2 T ) with n=4.9 ± 0.5, b=(1.0±0.1)( GeV /c) −2 , and the inclusive D / D cross section σ ( D / D ) is (30.2±3.3) ωb. The QCD fusion model predicts D / D production which is in good agreement with our data except for the magnitude of the cross section which depends sensitively on the assumed mass of the charm quark.

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