, and p-- Nucleon Interactions.pdf

Forward Cross-sections for Production of D+, D0, Ds, D+, and cin 250 GeV , K, and p { Nucleon InteractionsG. A. Alves,1 S. Amato,1 J. C. Anjos,1 J. A. Appel,2 J. Astorga,5 S. B. Bracker,4 L. M.Cremaldi,3 W. D. Dagenhart,5 C. L. Darling,8 R. L. Dixon,2 D. Errede,7 H. C. Fenker,2 C.Gay,4 D. R. Green,2 R. Jedicke,4 P. E. Karchin,6 C. Kennedy,8 S. Kwan,2 L. H. Lueking,2J. R. T. de Mello Neto,1 J. Metheny,5 R. H. Milburn,5 J. M. de Miranda,1 H. da MottaFilho,1 A. Napier,5 D. Passmore,5 A. Rafatian,3 A. C. dos Reis,1 W. R. Ross,8A. F. S. Santoro,1 M. Shea,7 M. H. G. Souza,1 W. J. Spalding,2 C. Stoughton,2 M. E.Streetman,2 D. J. Summers,3 S. F. Takach,8 A. Wallace,8 and Z. Wu8(Fermilab E769 Collaboration)1Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fsicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 605103University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 386774University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A75Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 021556Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 482027University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 537068Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511(March 26, 1996)AbstractWe measure forward (xF 0) cross-sections for production of D+, D0, Ds,D+, and c in collisions of , K, and p on a nuclear target. Productioninduced by dierent beam particles is found to be the same within statistics.Strange and baryonic nal states are seen to make an appreciable contribution1 to the total charm cross-section, which our measurements indicate is largerthan but not inconsistent with next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD predic-tions. The energy dependence mapped out by these measurements, togetherwith previous ones, is also consistent with current theory. Measurements ofleading-particle asymmetries for K and p -induced charm production are alsopresented.13.85.Ni, 12.38.Qk, 25.40.Ve, 25.80.-e Typeset using REVTEX2 The absolute cross-section for charm production in high-energy hadronic interactions,despite