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Large-x Parton Distributions
Reliable knowledge of parton distributions at large x is crucial for many
searches for new physics signals in the next generation of collider
experiments. Although these are generally well determined in the small and
medium x range, it has been shown that their uncertainty grows rapidly for
x>0.1. We examine the status of the gluon and quark distributions in light of
new questions that have been raised in the past two years about "large-x"
parton distributions, as well as recent measurements which have improved the
parton uncertainties. Finally, we provide a status report of the data used in
the global analysis, and note some of the open issues where future experiments,
including those planned for Jefferson Labs, might contribute.Comment: LaTeX, 9 pages, 7 figures. Invited talk presented at the ``Workshop
on Nucleon Structure in the High x-Bjorken Region (HiX2000),'' Temple
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 30-April 1, 200
Isolated tau leptons in events with large missing transverse momentum at HERA
A search for events containing isolated tau leptons and large missing
transverse momentum, not originating from the tau decay, has been performed
with the ZEUS detector at the electron-proton collider HERA, using 130 pb^-1 of
integrated luminosity. A search was made for isolated tracks coming from
hadronic tau decays. Observables based on the internal jet structure were
exploited to discriminate between tau decays and quark- or gluon-induced jets.
Three tau candidates were found, while 0.40 +0.12 -0.13 were expected from
Standard Model processes, such as charged current deep inelastic scattering and
single W-boson production. To search for heavy-particle decays, a more
restrictive selection was applied to isolate tau leptons produced together with
a hadronic final state with high transverse momentum. Two candidate events
survive, while 0.20 +-0.05 events are expected from Standard Model processes.Comment: 28 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, accepted by Phys. Lett. B. Updated
with minor changes to the text requested by the journal refere
Observation of Scaling Violations in Scaled Momentum Distributions at HERA
Charged particle production has been measured in deep inelastic scattering
(DIS) events over a large range of and using the ZEUS detector. The
evolution of the scaled momentum, , with in the range 10 to 1280
, has been investigated in the current fragmentation region of the Breit
frame. The results show clear evidence, in a single experiment, for scaling
violations in scaled momenta as a function of .Comment: 21 pages including 4 figures, to be published in Physics Letters B.
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Measurement of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure function
Production of D*+/-(2010) mesons in diffractive deep inelastic scattering has
been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of
82 pb^{-1}. Diffractive events were identified by the presence of a large
rapidity gap in the final state. Differential cross sections have been measured
in the kinematic region 1.5 < Q^2 < 200 GeV^2, 0.02 < y < 0.7, x_{IP} < 0.035,
beta 1.5 GeV and |\eta(D*+/-)| < 1.5. The measured cross
sections are compared to theoretical predictions. The results are presented in
terms of the open-charm contribution to the diffractive proton structure
function. The data demonstrate a strong sensitivity to the diffractive parton
densities.Comment: 35 pages, 11 figures, 6 table
Search for lepton flavor violation via the intense high-energy muon beam
A deep inerastic scattering process \mutau is discussed to study lepton
flavor violation between muons and tau leptons. In supersymmetric models, the
Higgs boson mediated diagrams could be important for this reaction. We find
that at a muon energy () higher than 50 GeV, the predicted cross
section significantly increases due to the contribution from sea -quarks.
The number of produced tau leptons can be at = 300
GeV from muons, whereas events are given at
GeV.Comment: Contribution to the 6th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories
& Superbeams(NuFact04), Jul. 26-Aug. 1, 2004, Osaka Univerisity, Osaka,
Japan, talk given by S.K., to appear in the Proceedings, 3 pages, 4 figure
Estimate of CP Violation for the LBNE Project and $\delta_{CP}
Measurements of CP violation (CPV) and the basic parameter are
the goals of the LBNE Project, which is being planned. Using the expected
energy and baseline parameters for the LBNE Project, CPV and the dependence of
CPV on are estimated, to help in the planning of this project.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur
Open charm hadroproduction and the charm content of the proton
We advocate charmed-hadron inclusive hadroproduction as a laboratory to probe
intrinsic charm (IC) inside the colliding hadrons. Working at next-to-leading
order in the general-mass variable-flavor-number scheme endowed with
non-perturbative fragmentation functions recently extracted from a global fit
to e^+e^- annihilation data from KEKB, CESR, and LEP1, we first assess the
sensitivity of Tevatron data of D^0, D^+, and D^{*+} inclusive production to
the IC parameterizations provided by Pumplin et al. We then argue that similar
data from pp collisions at RHIC would have the potential to discriminate
between different IC models provided they reach out to sufficiently large
values of transverse momentum.Comment: 22 pages, 7 figures; discussion of large-p_T range at the Tevatron
and high-energy mode of RHIC included, 2 figures added; accepted for
publication in Phys. Rev.
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