D*± meson production in deep-inelastic diffractive interactions at HERA

  • C. Adloff
  • , V. Andreev
  • , B. Andrieu
  • , T. Anthonis
  • , V. Arkadov
  • , A. Astvatsatourov
  • , A. Babaev
  • , J. Böhr
  • , P. Baranov
  • , E. Barrelet
  • , W. Bartel
  • , P. Bate
  • , J. Becker
  • , A. Beglarian
  • , O. Behnke
  • , C. Beier
  • , A. Belousov
  • , T. Benisch
  • , Ch Berger
  • , T. Berndt
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Abstract

A measurement is presented of the cross section for D*± meson production in diffractive deep-inelastic scattering for the first time at HERA. The cross section is given for the process ep → eXY, where the system X contains at least one D*± meson and is separated by a large rapidity gap from a low mass proton remnant system Y. The cross section is presented in the diffractive deep-inelastic region defined by 2 < Q2 < 100 GeV2, 0.05 < y < 0.7, x < 0.04, MY < 1.6 GeV and |t| < 1 GeV2. The D*± mesons are restricted to the range pT,D* > 2 GeV and |ηD*| < 1.5. The cross section is found tobe 246±54±56 pb and forms about 6% of the corresponding inclusive D*± cross section. The cross section is presented as a function of various kinematic variables, including zobs which is an estimate of the fraction of the momentum of the diffractive exchange carried by the parton entering the hard-subprocess. The data show a large component of the cross section at low zobs where the contribution of the boson-gluon-fusion process is expected to dominate. The data are compared with several QCD-based calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-203
Number of pages13
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume520
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2001

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