Observation of the strange sea in the proton via inclusive phi-meson production in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Inclusive φ(1020)-meson production in neutral current deep inelastic e+p scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 45 pb-1. The φ mesons were studied in the range 10 < Q2 < 100 GeV2, where Q2 is the virtuality of the exchanged photon,...

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Main Authors: Chekanov, S, Krakauer, D, Magill, S, Musgrave, V, Repond, J, Yoshida, R, Mattingly, M, Antonioli, P, Bari, G, Basile, M, Bellagamba, L, Boscherini, D, Bruni, A, Bruni, G, Romeo, G, Cifarelli, L, Cindolo, F, Contin, A, Corradi, M, De Pasquale, S, Giusti, P, Iacobucci, G, Margotti, A, Nania, R, Palmonari, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003