Measurements of D[superscript 0] and D[superscript *] production in p+p collisions at √s=200  GeV

We report measurements of charmed-hadron (D[superscript 0],D[superscript *]) production cross sections at midrapidity in p+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV by the STAR experiment. Charmed hadrons were reconstructed via the hadronic decays D[superscript 0]→K[superscript -]π[superscr...

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Main Authors: Balewski, Jan T. (Contributor), Betancourt, Michael Joseph (Contributor), Corliss, Ross (Contributor), Hays-Wehle, James Prewitt (Contributor), Leight, William Axel (Contributor), Redwine, Robert P. (Contributor), Seele, Joseph Patrick (Contributor), Steadman, Stephen G. (Contributor), Surrow, Bernd (Contributor), Nieuwenhuizen, Gerrit van (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2013-01-08T17:30:58Z.
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520 |a We report measurements of charmed-hadron (D[superscript 0],D[superscript *]) production cross sections at midrapidity in p+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV by the STAR experiment. Charmed hadrons were reconstructed via the hadronic decays D[superscript 0]→K[superscript -]π[superscript +], D[superscript *+]→D[superscript 0]π+→K[superscript -]π[superscript +]π[superscript +] and their charge conjugates, covering the p[subscript T] range of 0.6-2.0 and 2.0-6.0  GeV/c for D[superscript 0] and D[superscript *+], respectively. From this analysis, the charm-pair production cross section at midrapidity is dσ/dy|[subscript y=0[superscript cc̅]] =170±45(stat)[subscript -59][superscript +38](sys)  μb. The extracted charm-pair cross section is compared to perturbative QCD calculations. The transverse momentum differential cross section is found to be consistent with the upper bound of a fixed-order next-to-leading logarithm calculation. 
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