Forward Production of Charm States and Prompt Single Muons in 350-{GeV} $p$ Fe Interactions

Ritchie, J.L. ; Bodek, A. ; Breedon, R. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 126 (1983) 499, 1983.
Inspire Record 189126 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30702

The forward production of charm states in 350 GeV p-Fe interactions has been studied via the production of prompt single muons with momentum p ≳ 20 GeV/ c . The data indicate equal production of single μ + and μ − events. The observed momentum distributions can be fit with the hypothesis that D mesons are produced with an invariant cross section proportional to (1 − x F ) 5.0±0.8 exp[−(2 ± 0.3) P t ] and do not favor a large diffractive cross section predicted by intrinsic charm models. Extrapolation of the distributions to x F = 0 yields a total D D production cross section of 22.6 ± 2.1(±3.6)ωb/nucleon on the assumption of a linear A dependence and 8% average semileptonic branching ratio of charm states.

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