Date of Award
1999
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Roger R. McNeil
Abstract
The cross section of inclusive charm production in two-photon collisions se+e-→e +e-cc&d1;X is measured at the Large Electron Positron (LEP) collider at the European Center for Nuclear and Particle Physics (CERN). The data was obtained with the L3 detector at the center-of-mass energy of 91 GeV (LEP1) and for the first time at the center-of-mass energies from 130--183 GeV (LEP2). Charmed hadrons are identified by electrons and muons from semileptonic decays. The measured cross section agrees with next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD calculations. The direct process gg→cc&d1; is found to be insufficient to describe the data. The measured cross section values and event distributions require contributions from resolved processes, which are sensitive to the gluon density in the photon.
Recommended Citation
Stone, Alan L. Jr, "Measurement of Inclusive Charm Production in Two -Photon Collisions at LEP." (1999). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 7017.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/7017
ISBN
9780599474734
Pages
157
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.7017