Speaker
Amanda Sarkar
(University of Oxford (GB))
Description
Charm production in charged current deep inelastic scattering has been measured for the first time in $e^\pm p$ collisions, using data collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 358 pb$^{−1}$ . Results are presented separately for $e^+ p$ and $e^− p$ scattering at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 318$ GeV within a kinematic phase-space region of 200 GeV$^2$ < Q$^2$ < 60000 GeV$^2$ and y < 0.9, where Q$^2$ is the squared four-momentum transfer and y is the inelasticity. The measured cross sections of electroweak charm production are consistent with expectations from the Standard Model within the large statistical uncertainties.
Authors
Amanda Sarkar
(University of Oxford (GB))
Jae Nam
(Temple University)