Heavy Flavor Production at the electron-proton collider HERA
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An overview over the recent heavy flavor results of the H1 and ZEUS collaborations is presented. Various techniques to tag the heavy quark, which allow to explore different phase space regions, are employed. Predictions of pertubative QCD are compared to the charm and beauty production data. Charm and beauty fractions of the proton structure function F2 are extracted.
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Recent experimental results in heavy flavour production at HERA
A review of recent results involving heavy flavour production at the electron-proton collider HERA is presented. The role which heavy flavour production plays in the understanding of photon and proton structure is emphasised, indicating the areas in which further experimental data and the further development of theoretical calculations will be of particular benefit.
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