ENHANCED LEADING PRODUCTION OF D(PLUS-OR-MINUS) AND D-ASTERISK(PLUS-OR-MINUS) IN 250-GEV PI(PLUS-OR-MINUS) NUCLEON-INTERACTIONS

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ALVES, GA
AMATO, S
ANJOS, JC
APPEL, JA
ASTORGA, J
BERNARD, T
BRACKER, SB
CREMALDI, LM
DARLING, CL
DIXON, RL
ERREDE, D
GAY, C
GREEN, DR
JEDICKE, R
KARCHIN, PE
KWAN, S
LUEKING, LH
NETO, JRTD
METHENY, J
MILBURN, RH
DEMIRANDA, JM
DAMOTTA, H
NAPIER, A
PASSMORE, D
RAFATIAN, A
DOSREIS, AC
ROSS, WR
SANTORO, AFS
SHEAFF, M
SOUZA, MHG
SPALDING, WJ
STOUGHTON, C
STREETMAN, ME
SUMMERS, DJ
TAKACH, SF
WALLACE, A
WU, Z
机构
[1] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[2] UNIV MISSISSIPPI,OXFORD,MS 38677
[3] UNIV TORONTO,TORONTO M5S 1A7,ONTARIO,CANADA
[4] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[5] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[6] YALE UNIV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.812
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A leading charm meson is one with longitudinal momentum fraction, x(F) > 0, whose light quark (or antiquark) is of the same type as one of the quarks in the beam particle. We report on the production asymmetry, A = [sigma(leading) - sigma(nonleading)]/[sigma(leading) + sigma(nonleading)] as a function of x(F). The data consist of 1500 fully reconstructed D+/- and D*+/- decays in Fermilab experiment E769. We find a significant asymmetry at large x(F), consistent with the recent result of CERN experiment WA82. Such an asymmetry for the production of charm quarks is not expected in perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
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页码:812 / 815
页数:4
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