The exclusive photoproduction reaction γp→ϒp has been studied with the ZEUS experiment in ep collisions at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 468 pb−1. The measurement covers the kinematic range ...60<W<220 GeV and Q2<1 GeV2, where W is the photon–proton centre-of-mass energy and Q2 is the photon virtuality. These results, which represent the analysis of the full ZEUS data sample for this channel, are compared to predictions based on perturbative QCD.
Inclusive-jet cross sections have been measured in the reaction ep→e+jet+X for photon virtuality Q2<1 GeV2 and γp centre-of-mass energies in the region 142<Wγp<293 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA ...using an integrated luminosity of 300 pb−1. Jets were identified using the kT, anti-kT or SIScone jet algorithms in the laboratory frame. Single-differential cross sections are presented as functions of the jet transverse energy, ETjet, and pseudorapidity, ηjet, for jets with ETjet>17 GeV and −1<ηjet<2.5. In addition, measurements of double-differential inclusive-jet cross sections are presented as functions of ETjet in different regions of ηjet. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations give a good description of the measurements, except for jets with low ETjet and high ηjet. The influence of non-perturbative effects not related to hadronisation was studied. Measurements of the ratios of cross sections using different jet algorithms are also presented; the measured ratios are well described by calculations including up to O(αs2) terms. Values of αs(MZ) were extracted from the measurements and the energy-scale dependence of the coupling was determined. The value of αs(MZ) extracted from the measurements based on the kT jet algorithm is αs(MZ)=0.1206−0.0022+0.0023(exp.)−0.0035+0.0042(th.); the results from the anti-kT and SIScone algorithms are compatible with this value and have a similar precision.
Isolated photon production in deep inelastic ep scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 320 pb−1. Measurements were made in the isolated-photon ...transverse-energy and pseudorapidity ranges 4<ETγ<15 GeV and −0.7<ηγ<0.9 for exchanged photon virtualities, Q2, in the range 10<Q2<350 GeV2 and for invariant masses of the hadronic system WX>5 GeV. Differential cross sections are presented for inclusive isolated photon production as functions of Q2, x, ETγ and ηγ. Leading-logarithm parton-shower Monte Carlo simulations and perturbative QCD predictions give a reasonable description of the data over most of the kinematic range.
For the first time, differential inclusive-jet cross sections have been measured in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering using the anti-kT and SIScone algorithms. The measurements were made ...for boson virtualities Q2>125 GeV2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 82 pb−1 and the jets were identified in the Breit frame. The performance and suitability of the jet algorithms for their use in hadron-like reactions were investigated by comparing the measurements to those performed with the kT algorithm. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations give a good description of the measurements. Measurements of the ratios of cross sections using different jet algorithms are also presented; the measured ratios are well described by calculations including up to O(αs3) terms. Values of αs(MZ) were extracted from the data; the results are compatible with and have similar precision to the value extracted from the kT analysis.
A
bstract
The production of
D
*±
mesons in deep inelastic
ep
scattering has been measured for exchanged photon virtualities 5 <
Q
2
< 1000 GeV
2
, using an integrated luminosity of 363 pb
−1
with ...the ZEUS detector at HERA. Differential cross sections have been measured and compared to next-to-leading-order QCD calculations. The cross-sections are used to extract the charm contribution to the proton structure functions, expressed in terms of the reduced charm cross section,
. Theoretical calculations based on fits to inclusive HERA data are compared to the results.
A
bstract
Charm production in deep inelastic
ep
scattering was measured with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 354 pb
−1
. Charm quarks were identified by reconstructing
D
±
mesons ...in the
D
±
→
K
∓
π
±
π
±
decay channel. Lifetime information was used to reduce combinatorial background substantially. Differential cross sections were measured in the kinematic region 5
< Q
2
<
1000 GeV
2
, 0
.
02
< y <
0
.
7, 1
.
5
< p
T
(
D
±
)
<
15 GeV and |
η
(
D
±
)|
<
1
.
6, where
Q
2
is the photon virtuality,
y
is the inelasticity, and
p
T
(
D
±
) and
η
(
D
±
) are the transverse momentum and the pseudorapidity of the
D
±
meson, respectively. Next-to-leading-order QCD predictions are compared to the data. The charm contribution,
, to the proton structure-function
F
2
was extracted.
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