
arXiv: hep-ph/9602258
Open heavy flavour production at $e^+e^-$ colliders in deeply inelastic $e\gamma$ scattering has an interesting feature: the structure function $F_2(x,Q^2)$ for this process is calculable for $x>0.01$, and is essentially proportional to the gluon density in the photon for smaller $x$ values. We give estimates for event rates at LEP2 and a Next Linear Collider in $x,Q^2$ bins, and present differential distributions in the transverse momentum and rapidity of the heavy quark for the case of charm. We include all next-to-leading-order QCD corrections, and find theoretical uncertainties are well under control.
Comment: 14 pages, Latex, epsfig, 4 figures
exchange: two-photon, gluon: momentum spectrum, perturbation theory: higher-order, electron positron: inelastic scattering, inelastic scattering: electron positron, photon photon: inclusive reaction, numerical calculations: CERN LEP Stor, quark: photoproduction, photoproduction: quark, bottom, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, rapidity spectrum, transverse momentum: spectrum, quantum chromodynamics, spectrum: transverse momentum, photon: structure function, two-photon: exchange, quark: electroproduction, 180: 500 GeV-cms, photon electron: deep inelastic scattering, deep inelastic scattering: photon electron, electroproduction: quark, info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530, charm, CERN LEP Stor: upgrade
exchange: two-photon, gluon: momentum spectrum, perturbation theory: higher-order, electron positron: inelastic scattering, inelastic scattering: electron positron, photon photon: inclusive reaction, numerical calculations: CERN LEP Stor, quark: photoproduction, photoproduction: quark, bottom, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, rapidity spectrum, transverse momentum: spectrum, quantum chromodynamics, spectrum: transverse momentum, photon: structure function, two-photon: exchange, quark: electroproduction, 180: 500 GeV-cms, photon electron: deep inelastic scattering, deep inelastic scattering: photon electron, electroproduction: quark, info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530, charm, CERN LEP Stor: upgrade
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