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Inclusive Measurements of Inelastic Electron and Positron Scattering from Unpolarized Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets

The HERMES collaboration Airapetian, A. ; Akopov, N. ; Akopov, Z. ; et al.
JHEP 05 (2011) 126, 2011.
Inspire Record 894309 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.66147

Results of inclusive measurements of inelastic electron and positron scattering from unpolarized protons and deuterons at the HERMES experiment are presented. The structure functions $F_2^p$ and $F_2^d$ are determined using a parameterization of existing data for the longitudinal-to-transverse virtual-photon absorption cross-section ratio. The HERMES results provide data in the ranges $0.006\leq x\leq 0.9$ and 0.1 GeV$^2\leq Q^2\leq$ 20 GeV$^2$, covering the transition region between the perturbative and the non-perturbative regimes of QCD in a so-far largely unexplored kinematic region. They are in agreement with existing world data in the region of overlap. The measured cross sections are used, in combination with data from other experiments, to perform fits to the photon-nucleon cross section using the functional form of the ALLM model. The deuteron-to-proton cross-section ratio is also determined.

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Results on the differential Born cross section $\frac{d^2\sigma^p}{dx\,dQ^2}$ and $F_2^p$. The statistical uncertainty $\delta_{stat.}$ and the systematic uncertainties $\delta_{PID}$ (particle identification), $\delta_{model}$ (model dependence outside the acceptance), $\delta_{mis.}$ (misalignment), and $\delta_{rad.}$ (Bethe-Heitler efficiencies) are given in percent. Corresponding $x$ bin numbers and $Q^2$ bin numbers and the average values $\langle x \rangle$ and $\langle {Q^2} \rangle$ are listed in the first four columns. The overall normalization uncertainty is 7.6 %. The structure function $F_2^p$ is derived using the parameterization $R=R_{1998}$.

Results on the differential Born cross section $\frac{d^2\sigma^d}{dx\,dQ^2}$ and $F_2^d$. The statistical uncertainty $\delta_{stat.}$ and the systematic uncertainties $\delta_{PID}$ (particle identification), $\delta_{model}$ (model dependence outside the acceptance), $\delta_{mis.}$ (misalignment), and $\delta_{rad.}$ (Bethe-Heitler efficiencies), are given in percent. Corresponding $x$ bin numbers and $Q^2$ bin numbers and the average values $\langle x \rangle$ and $\langle{Q^2}\rangle$ are listed in the first four columns. The overall normalization uncertainty is 7.5 %. The structure function $F_2^d$ is derived using the parameterization $R=R_{1998}$.

Results on the inelastic Born cross-section ratio ${\sigma^d}/{\sigma^p}$. The statistical uncertainty $\delta_{stat.}$, the systematic uncertainty $\delta_{rad.}$ due to radiative corrections and $\delta_{model}$ due to the model dependence outside the acceptance are given in percent. The average values of $x$ and $Q^2$ are listed in the first two columns. The overall normalization uncertainty is 1.4$\%$.


Measurement of beauty production in DIS and F_2^bbbar extraction at ZEUS

The ZEUS collaboration Abramowicz, H. ; Abt, I. ; Adamczyk, L. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 69 (2010) 347-360, 2010.
Inspire Record 855232 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.56879

Beauty production in deep inelastic scattering with events in which a muon and a jet are observed in the final state has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 114 pb^-1. The fraction of events with beauty quarks in the data was determined using the distribution of the transverse momentum of the muon relative to the jet. The cross section for beauty production was measured in the kinematic range of photon virtuality, Q^2 > 2 Gev^2, and inelasticity, 0.05 < y < 0.7, with the requirement of a muon and a jet. Total and differential cross sections are presented and compared to QCD predictions. The beauty contribution to the structure function F_2 was extracted and is compared to theoretical predictions.

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Total visible cross section for BBAR production and decay into MUON+JET.

Measured differential cross section as a function of Q**2.

Measured differential cross section as a function of the muon transverse momentum.

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Combined Measurement and QCD Analysis of the Inclusive ep Scattering Cross Sections at HERA

The H1 & ZEUS collaborations Aaron, F.D. ; Abramowicz, H. ; Abt, I. ; et al.
JHEP 01 (2010) 109, 2010.
Inspire Record 836107 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.58304

A combination is presented of the inclusive deep inelastic cross sections measured by the H1 and ZEUS Collaborations in neutral and charged current unpolarised ep scattering at HERA during the period 1994-2000. The data span six orders of magnitude in negative four-momentum-transfer squared, Q^2, and in Bjorken x. The combination method used takes the correlations of systematic uncertainties into account, resulting in an improved accuracy. The combined data are the sole input in a NLO QCD analysis which determines a new set of parton distributions HERAPDF1.0 with small experimental uncertainties. This set includes an estimate of the model and parametrisation uncertainties of the fit result.

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Combined reduced cross section data and F2 for Neutral Current E+ P scattering at Q**2=0.045 GeV**2.

Combined reduced cross section data and F2 for Neutral Current E+ P scattering at Q**2=0.065 GeV**2.

Combined reduced cross section data and F2 for Neutral Current E+ P scattering at Q**2=0.085 GeV**2.

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Measurement of the Longitudinal Proton Structure Function at HERA

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 682 (2009) 8-22, 2009.
Inspire Record 817462 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.53740

The reduced cross sections for ep deep inelastic scattering have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA at three different centre-of-mass energies, 318, 251 and 225 GeV. From the cross sections, measured double differentially in Bjorken x and the virtuality, Q^2, the proton structure functions FL and F2 have been extracted in the region 5*10^-4 &lt; x &lt;0.007 and 20 &lt; Q^2 &lt; 130 GeV^2.

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The reduced cross section at Q**2 = 24 GeV**2 for centre-of-mass energy 318.

The reduced cross section at Q**2 = 32 GeV**2 for centre-of-mass energy 318.

The reduced cross section at Q**2 = 45 GeV**2 for centre-of-mass energy 318.

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Measurement of D+- and D0 production in deep inelastic scattering using a lifetime tag at HERA

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 63 (2009) 171-188, 2009.
Inspire Record 810112 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.51856

The production of D+- and D0 mesons has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 133.6 pb-1. The measurements cover the kinematic range 5 < Q^2 < 1000 GeV^2, 0.02 < y < 0.7, 1.5 < p_T^D < 15 GeV and eta^D < 1.6. Combinatorial background to the D meson signals is reduced by using the ZEUS microvertex detector to reconstruct displaced secondary vertices. Production cross sections are compared with the predictions of next-to-leading-order QCD which is found to describe the data well. Measurements are extrapolated to the full kinematic phase space in order to obtain the open-charm contribution, F2^ccbar, to the proton structure function, F2.

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Production cross section for (D+ + D-) mesons.

Production cross section for (D0 + DBAR0) mesons not originating from D*+- decays.

Measured D+- cross section as a function of Q**2.

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Measurement of D mesons production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
JHEP 07 (2007) 074, 2007.
Inspire Record 749371 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.45530

Charm production in deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 82 pb^{-1}. Charm has been tagged by reconstructing D^{*+}, D^0, D^{+} and D_s^+ (+ c.c.) charm mesons. The charm hadrons were measured in the kinematic range p_T(D^{*+},D^0,D^{+}) > 3 GeV, p_T(D_s^+)>2 GeV and |\eta(D)| < 1.6 for 1.5 < Q^2 < 1000 GeV^2 and 0.02 < y < 0.7. The production cross sections were used to extract charm fragmentation ratios and the fraction of c quarks hadronising into a particular charm meson in the kinematic range considered. The cross sections were compared to the predictions of next-to-leading-order QCD, and extrapolated to the full kinematic region in p_T(D) and \eta(D) in order to determine the open-charm contribution, F_2^{c\bar{c}}(x,Q^2), to the proton structure function F_2.

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Production cross section for all D0 mesons, those not originating fom D* decays and those originating from D* decays.

Production cross section for additional D* mesons (not decaying to D0) and all D* mesons.

Production cross section for D+ mesons.

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Measurement of nucleon structure functions in neutrino scattering.

The CHORUS collaboration Onengut, G. ; van Dantzig, R. ; de Jong, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 632 (2006) 65-75, 2006.
Inspire Record 699123 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.6187

After completion of the data taking for the νμ→ντ oscillation search, the CHORUS lead–scintillator calorimeter was used in the 1998 run as an active target. High-statistics samples of charged-current interactions were collected in the CERN SPS west area neutrino beam. This beam contained predominantly muon (anti-)neutrinos from sign-selected pions and kaons. We measure the flux and energy spectrum of the incident neutrinos and compare them with beam simulations. The neutrino–nucleon and anti-neutrino–nucleon differential cross-sections are measured in the range 0.01<x<0.7 , 0.05<y<0.95 , 10<Eν<200 GeV . We extract the neutrino–nucleon structure functions F2(x,Q2) , xF3(x,Q2) , and R(x,Q2) and compare these with results from other experiments.

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The measured F2 and xF3 at X = 0.020.

The measured F2 and xF3 at X = 0.045.

The measured F2 and xF3 at X = 0.080.

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Study of deep inelastic inclusive and diffractive scattering with the ZEUS forward plug calorimeter.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Magill, S. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 713 (2005) 3-80, 2005.
Inspire Record 675372 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.11816

Deep inelastic scattering and its diffractive component, ep -> e'gamma*p ->e'XN, have been studied at HERA with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 4.2 pb-1. The measurement covers a wide range in the gamma*p c.m. energy W (37 - 245 GeV), photon virtuality Q2 (2.2 - 80 GeV2) and mass Mx. The diffractive cross section for Mx > 2 GeV rises strongly with W: the rise is steeper with increasing Q2. The latter observation excludes the description of diffractive deep inelastic scattering in terms of the exchange of a single Pomeron. The ratio of diffractive to total cross section is constant as a function of W, in contradiction to the expectation of Regge phenomenology combined with a naive extension of the optical theorem to gamma*p scattering. Above Mx of 8 GeV, the ratio is flat with Q2, indicating a leading-twist behaviour of the diffractive cross section. The data are also presented in terms of the diffractive structure function, F2D(3)(beta,xpom,Q2), of the proton. For fixed beta, the Q2 dependence of xpom F2D(3) changes with xpom in violation of Regge factorisation. For fixed xpom, xpom F2D(3) rises as beta -> 0, the rise accelerating with increasing Q2. These positive scaling violations suggest substantial contributions of perturbative effects in the diffractive DIS cross section.

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Measurement of the proton structure function F2 at Q**2 = 2.7 GeV**2.

Measurement of the proton structure function F2 at Q**2 = 4.0 GeV**2.

Measurement of the proton structure function F2 at Q**2 = 6.0 GeV**2.

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Measurement of D*+- production in deep inelastic e+- p scattering at HERA.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 69 (2004) 012004, 2004.
Inspire Record 626816 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46419

Inclusive production of $D^*(2010)$ mesons in deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 81.9 pb$^{-1}$. The decay channel $D^{* +}\to D^0 \pi^+ $ with $D^0\to K^-\pi^+$ and corresponding antiparticle decay were used to identify $D^*$ mesons. Differential $D^*$ cross sections with $1.5<Q^2<1000$ GeV$^2$ and $0.02<y<0.7$ in the kinematic region $1.5<p_T(D^*)<15$ GeV and $|\eta(D^*)|<1.5$ are compared to different QCD calculations incorporating different parameterisations of the parton densities in the proton. The data show sensitivity to the gluon distribution in the proton and are reasonably well described by next-to-leading-order QCD with the ZEUS NLO QCD fit used as the input parton density in the proton. The observed cross section is extrapolated to the full kinematic region in $p_T(D^*)$ and $\eta(D^*)$ in order to determine the open-charm contribution, $F_2^{\rm charm}(x,Q^2)$, to the proton structure function, $F_2$. Since, at low $Q^2$, the uncertainties of the data are comparable to those from the QCD fit, the measured differential cross sections in $y$ and $Q^2$ should be used in future fits to constrain the gluon density.

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Overall total cross section. The second DSYS error is due to the uncertainty in the BR for D* and D0 decay.

Measured differential cross section as a function of Q**2.

Measured differential cross section as a function of X.

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Measurement of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 672 (2003) 3-35, 2003.
Inspire Record 624128 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43831

Production of D*+/-(2010) mesons in diffractive deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 82 pb^{-1}. Diffractive events were identified by the presence of a large rapidity gap in the final state. Differential cross sections have been measured in the kinematic region 1.5 < Q^2 < 200 GeV^2, 0.02 < y < 0.7, x_{IP} < 0.035, beta < 0.8, p_T(D*+/-) > 1.5 GeV and |\eta(D*+/-)| < 1.5. The measured cross sections are compared to theoretical predictions. The results are presented in terms of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function. The data demonstrate a strong sensitivity to the diffractive parton densities.

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Total cross section for diffractive D*+- production in the stated kinematicregion.. The second DSYS uncertainty arises from the subtraction of the proton-dissociative background.

The differential cross section as a function of X(NAME=POMERON).

The differential cross section as a function of transverse momentum.

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