We report measurements of charm particle production asymmetries from the Fermilab photoproduction experiment E687. An asymmetry in the rate of production of charm versus anticharm particles is expected to arise primarily from fragmentation effects. We observe statistically significant asymmetries in the photoproduction of D+, D∗+ and D0 mesons and find small (but statistically weak) asymmetries in the production of the Ds+ meson and the Lambda(c)+ baryon. Our inclusive photoproduction asymmetries are compared to predictions from nonperturbative models of charm quark fragmentation.
Charm-anticharm asymmetries in high energy photoproduction / P.L. Frabetti, H.W.K. Cheung, J.P. Cumalat, C. Dallapiccola, J.F. Ginkel, W.E. Johns, M.S. Nehring, J.N. Butler, S. Cihangir, I. Gaines, P.H. Garbincius, L. Garren, S.A. Gourlay, D.J. Harding, P. Kasper, A. Kreymer, P. Lebrun, S. Shukla, M. Vittone, S. Bianco, F.L. Fabbri, S. Sarwar, A. Zallo, R. Culbertson, R.W. Gardner, R. Greene, J. Wiss, G. Alimonti, G. Bellini, M. Boschini, D. Brambilla, B. Caccianiga, L. Cinquini, M. Di Corato, M. Giammarchi, P. Inzani, F. Leveraro, S. Malvezzi, D. Menasce, E. Meroni, L. Moroni, D. Pedrini, L. Perasso, F. Prelz, A. Sala, S. Sala, D. Torretta, D. Buchholz, D. Claes, B. Gobbi, B. O'Reilly, J.M. Bishoph, N.M. Cason, C.J. Kennedy, G.N. Kim T.F. Lin, D.L. Puseljic, R.C. Ruchti, W.D. Shephard, J.A. Swiatek, Z.Y. Wu, V. Arena, G. Boca, C. Castoldi, G. Gianini, S.P. Ratti, C. Riccardi, L. Viola, P. Vitulo, A. Lopez, G.P. Grim, V.S. Paolone, P.M. Yager, J.R. Wilson, P.D. Sheldon, F. Davenport, G.R. Blackett, K. Danyo, M. Pisharody, T. Handler, B.G. Cheon, J.S. Kang, K.Y. Kim. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 370:1-2(1996 Mar 07), pp. 222-232.
Charm-anticharm asymmetries in high energy photoproduction
G. Alimonti;G. Bellini;B. Caccianiga;M. Di Corato;M. Giammarchi;F. Leveraro;E. Meroni;G. Gianini;
1996
Abstract
We report measurements of charm particle production asymmetries from the Fermilab photoproduction experiment E687. An asymmetry in the rate of production of charm versus anticharm particles is expected to arise primarily from fragmentation effects. We observe statistically significant asymmetries in the photoproduction of D+, D∗+ and D0 mesons and find small (but statistically weak) asymmetries in the production of the Ds+ meson and the Lambda(c)+ baryon. Our inclusive photoproduction asymmetries are compared to predictions from nonperturbative models of charm quark fragmentation.
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