Production of $D^{*+}(2010)$ mesons by high energy neutrinos from the Tevatron

Abstract

Charged vector $D^{*+}(2010)$ meson production is studied in a high energy neutrino bubble chamber experiment with mean neutrino energy of 141 GeV. The $D^{*+}$ are produced in $(5.6 \pm 1.8)\%$ of the neutrino charged current interactions, indicating a steep increase of cross section with energy. The mean fractional hadronic energy of the $D^{*+}$ meson is $0.55 \pm 0.06$