Abstract
We have measured the rate of D*± meson production inside the jets produced in pp collisions at √s = 630 GeV. For jets in the transverse energy range 15<ET<60 GeV we find a production rate of 0.10±0.04±0.03 D*± per jet, which is in good agreement with perturbative QCD calculations. In addition, we find that the D*± fragmentation distribution is strongly peaked towards low z consistent with gluon splitting as the dominant production mechanism.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 566-572 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 244 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
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State | Published - Jul 26 1990 |