Phenomenology of heavy flavor production

Conference · Thu Oct 13 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6483013

Berger, E L

A review is presented of heavy quark in /bar p/p, p, and pp interactions at fixed target and collider energies. Calculations of total cross sections are described, including contributions through next-to-leading order in QCD perturbation theory. Comparisons with available data on charm and bottom quark production show good agreement for reasonable values of charm and bottom quark masses and other parameters. Open issues in the interpretation of results are summarized. A discussion is presented of signatures, backgrounds, and expected event rates for top quark production. 19 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). High Energy Physics Div.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6483013
• Report Number(s): ANL-HEP-CP-88-68; CONF-880867-17; ON: DE89005784
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BEAUTY PARTICLES
CALCULATION METHODS
CHARM PARTICLES
COMPOSITE MODELS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
FLAVOR MODEL
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
MASS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MESON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
MESON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEON-ANTINUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PERTURBATION THEORY
PION MINUS-PROTON INTERACTIONS
PION-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PION-PROTON INTERACTIONS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
QUARKS
REST MASS
TOP PARTICLES
TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS