DOI 10.1007/s100520000267
Asymmetries in heavy meson production from light quark fragmentation
Departamento de Física/CENTRA, IST, 1049-001 Lisboa,
Portugal
Received: 5 August 1999 / Published online: 17 March 2000 - © Springer-Verlag 2000
Abstract
We discuss the possibility of the asymmetry in D-/D+ production
from
beams, being a direct consequence of the properties of
the light
quark fragmentation function into heavy mesons. The main features
of the
asymmetry, as a function of
xF, are easily described. An integrated
sum rule for the D-, D+ multiplicity difference is presented.
Predictions for the asymmetry in B meson production are given.
Copyright Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2000
