Measurement of the Charm Structure Function of the Photon at LEP
Akos Csilling
TL;DR
This paper measures the charm structure function of the photon at LEP by analyzing D* meson production in deep-inelastic electron-photon scattering, revealing agreement with models at high x but discrepancies at low x.
Contribution
It provides the first detailed measurement of the charm structure function of the photon over a broad kinematic range, including extrapolation to total charm production.
Findings
Good agreement with models for x>0.1
Discrepancies observed for x<0.1
Extrapolated charm cross-section exceeds predictions at low x
Abstract
Charm production is studied in deep-inelastic electron-photon scattering using OPAL data at e+e- centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV. Charm quarks are identified by exclusive reconstruction of D* mesons. The cross-section of D* production is measured in a restricted kinematic region, and then extrapolated to the total charm production cross-section and the charm structure function of the photon. For x>0.1 the measurement is well described by Monte Carlo models and perturbative QCD calculations but for x<0.1 the predictions are lower than the data both in the directly measured region and after the extrapolation.
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