Observation of the hadronic final state charge asymmetry in high Q 2 deep-inelastic scattering at HERA


Aaron F., Martin M. A., Alexa C., Alimujiang K., Andreev V., Antunovic B., ...Daha Fazla

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, cilt.681, sa.2, ss.125-133, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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A first measurement is presented of the charge asymmetry in the hadronic final state from the hard interaction in deep-inelastic ep neutral current scattering at HERA. The measurement is performed in the range of negative squared four momentum transfer 100 < Q 2 < 8000 GeV 2. The difference between the event normalised distributions of the scaled momentum, x p, for positively and negatively charged particles, measured in the current region of the Breit frame, is studied together with its evolution as a function of Q. The results are compared to Monte Carlo models at the hadron and parton levels. © 2009 Elsevier B.V.