NLO Corrections to Heavy Quark Production with Polarized Beams
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We present a calculation of the NLO QCD corrections to heavy flavor photoproduction with longitudinally polarized beams. We apply our results to study the spin asymmetry for total charm quark production which will be used for a first direct determination of ∆g by the COMPASS experiment. We also briefly discuss the main theoretical uncertainties inherent in this calculation. Talk presented at the 6th International Workshop on ’Deep Inelastic Scattering and QCD’ (DIS ’98), Brussels, Belgium, April 4-8, 1998. NLO CORRECTIONS TO HEAVY QUARK PRODUCTION WITH POLARIZED BEAMS MARCO STRATMANN Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, England We present a calculation of the NLO QCD corrections to heavy flavor photoproduction with longitudinally polarized beams. We apply our results to study the spin asymmetry for total charm quark production which will be used for a first direct determination of ∆g by the COMPASS experiment. We also briefly discuss the main theoretical uncertainties inherent in this calculation.
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