Author/Authors :
Fermilab E791 Collaboration، نويسنده , , E.M. Aitala، نويسنده , , S. Amato، نويسنده , , J.C. Anjos، نويسنده , , J.A. Appel، نويسنده , , D. Ashery، نويسنده , , S. Banerjee، نويسنده , , I. Bediaga، نويسنده , , G. Blaylock، نويسنده , , S.B. Bracker، نويسنده , , P.R. Burchat، نويسنده , , R.A. Burnstein، نويسنده , , T. Carter، نويسنده , , H.S. Carvalho، نويسنده , , N.K. Copty، نويسنده , , L.M. Cremaldi، نويسنده , , C. Darling، نويسنده , , K. Denisenko، نويسنده , , A. Fernandez، نويسنده , , P. Gagnon، نويسنده , , et al.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We present measurements of the production of Ds− mesons relative to Ds+ mesons as functions of xF and of pt2 for a sample of 2445 Ds decays to φπ. The Ds mesons were produced in Fermilab experiment E791 with 500 GeV/c π− mesons incident on one platinum and four carbon foil targets. The acceptance-corrected integrated asymmetry in the xF range −0.1 to 0.5 for Ds± mesons is 0.032 ± 0.022 ± 0.022, consistent with no net asymmetry. We compare the results as functions of xF and pt2 to predictions and to the large production asymmetry observed for D± mesons in the same experiment. These comparisons support the hypothesis that production asymmetries come from the fragmentation process and not from the charm quark production itself.
