https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2082-2
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Inclusive charmed-meson production at the CERN LHC
1
II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
2
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, 53 avenue des Martyrs, 38026, Grenoble, France
3
Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099, Mainz, Germany
* e-mail: kniehl@desy.de
Received:
9
March
2012
Revised:
18
May
2012
Published online:
25
July
2012
We present predictions for the inclusive production of D mesons at the CERN LHC in the general-mass variable-flavor-number scheme at next-to-leading order. Detailed numerical results are compared to data where available, or presented in a way to ease future comparisons with experimental results. We also point out that measurements at large rapidity have the potential to pin down models of intrinsic charm.
© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica, 2012
