Open Charm and Beauty Production at HERA
Abstract
Selected new results from the H1 and ZEUS collaborations on ep interactions at 300 - 318 GeV centre-of-mass energy are presented. The full pre-upgrade integrated luminosity of HERA of 110 pb-1 is used. Charm cross sections are measured up to high values of xB and Q2 and are found to be well described by NLO QCD in the 3 flavour scheme. Orbitally excited D mesons are observed; radial excitations are searched for, but are not seen. The first b cross section measurement is confirmed with a lifetime based method, establishing the excess over NLO QCD.
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