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Charm production physics from Fermilab fixed-target experiments

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/79134· OSTI ID:79134
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  1. Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics
Recent analyses of charm quark production mechanisms from Fermilab fixed-target experiments are summarized. Measurements of single inclusive differential cross sections for hadroproduced and photoproduced D mesons are compared to next-to-leading order QCD calculations. New data from hadroproduction and previous photoproduction measurements of charm meson pair correlations are compared to NLO calculations and also to parton shower Monte Carlo models. Nonperturbative effects, such as intrinsic k{sub t} and fragmentation, are seen to play an important role in most of these comparisons. Results on charm production asymmetries in both hadroproduction and photoproduction are summarized.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
79134
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C--95/133-E; CONF-9503158--6; ON: DE95013585
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English