Measurement of the D ∗ ± Meson Production Cross Section and F cc̄ 2 at High Q 2 in ep Scattering at HERA H 1 Collaboration

The inclusive production of D(2010) mesons in deep-inelastic ep scattering is measured in the kinematic region of photon virtuality 100 < Q2 < 1000GeV and inelasticity 0.02 < y < 0.7. Single and double differential cross sections for inclusive D meson production are measured in the visible range defined by |η(D∗)| < 1.5 and pT (D ) > 1.5GeV. The data were collected by the H1 experiment during the period from 2004 to 2007 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 351 pb−1. The charm contribution, F cc̄ 2 , to the proton structure function F2 is determined. The measurements are compared with QCD predictions. Submitted to Phys. Lett. B Dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague, Beate Naroska F.D. Aaron, C. Alexa, K. Alimujiang, V. Andreev, B. Antunovic, S. Backovic, A. Baghdasaryan, E. Barrelet, W. Bartel, K. Begzsuren, A. Belousov, J.C. Bizot, V. Boudry, I. Bozovic-Jelisavcic, J. Bracinik, G. Brandt, M. Brinkmann, V. Brisson, D. Bruncko, A. Bunyatyan, G. Buschhorn, L. Bystritskaya, A.J. Campbell, K.B. Cantun Avila, K. Cerny, V. Cerny, V. Chekelian, A. Cholewa, J.G. Contreras, J.A. Coughlan, G. Cozzika, J. Cvach, J.B. Dainton, K. Daum, M. Deák, B. Delcourt, J. Delvax, E.A. De Wolf, C. Diaconu, V. Dodonov, A. Dossanov, A. Dubak, G. Eckerlin, V. Efremenko, S. Egli, A. Eliseev, E. Elsen, A. Falkiewicz, L. Favart, A. Fedotov, R. Felst, J. Feltesse, J. Ferencei, D. -J. Fischer, M. Fleischer, A. Fomenko, E. Gabathuler, J. Gayler, S. Ghazaryan, A. Glazov, I. Glushkov, L. Goerlich, N. Gogitidze, M. Gouzevitch, C. Grab, T. Greenshaw, B.R. Grell, G. Grindhammer, S. Habib, D. Haidt, C. Helebrant, R.C. W. Henderson, E. Hennekemper, H. Henschel, M. Herbst, G. Herrera, M. Hildebrandt, K.H. Hiller, D. Hoffmann, R. Horisberger, T. Hreus, M. Jacquet, X. Janssen, L. Jönsson, A.W. Jung, H. Jung, M. Kapichine, J. Katzy, I.R. Kenyon, C. Kiesling, M. Klein, C. Kleinwort, T. Kluge, A. Knutsson, R. Kogler, P. Kostka, M. Kraemer, K. Krastev, J. Kretzschmar, A. Kropivnitskaya, K. Krüger, K. Kutak, M.P.J. Landon, W. Lange, G. Laštovička-Medin, P. Laycock, A. Lebedev, V. Lendermann, S. Levonian, G. Li, K. Lipka, A. Liptaj, B. List, J. List, N. Loktionova, R. Lopez-Fernandez, V. Lubimov, A. Makankine, E. Malinovski, P. Marage, Ll. Marti, H. -U. Martyn, S.J. Maxfield, A. Mehta, A.B. Meyer, H. Meyer, H. Meyer, J. Meyer, S. Mikocki, I. Milcewicz-Mika, F. Moreau, A. Morozov, J.V. Morris, M.U. Mozer, M. Mudrinic, K. Müller, P. Murı́n, Th. Naumann, P.R. Newman, C. Niebuhr, A. Nikiforov, D. Nikitin, G. Nowak, K. Nowak, J.E. Olsson, S. Osman, D. Ozerov, P. Pahl, V. Palichik, I. Panagoulias, M. Pandurovic, Th. Papadopoulou, C. Pascaud, G.D. Patel, O. Pejchal, E. Perez, A. Petrukhin, I. Picuric, S. Piec, D. Pitzl, R. Plačakytė, B. Pokorny, R. Polifka, B. Povh, V. Radescu, A.J. Rahmat, N. Raicevic, A. Raspiareza, T. Ravdandorj, P. Reimer, E. Rizvi, P. Robmann, B. Roland, R. Roosen, A. Rostovtsev, M. Rotaru, J.E. Ruiz Tabasco, S. Rusakov, D. Šálek, D.P.C. Sankey, M. Sauter, E. Sauvan, S. Schmitt, L. Schoeffel, A. Schöning, H. -C. Schultz-Coulon, F. Sefkow, R.N. Shaw-West, L.N. Shtarkov, S. Shushkevich, T. Sloan, I. Smiljanic, Y. Soloviev, P. Sopicki, D. South, V. Spaskov, A. Specka, Z. Staykova, M. Steder, B. Stella, G. Stoicea, U. Straumann, D. Sunar, T. Sykora, V. Tchoulakov, G. Thompson, P.D. Thompson, T. Toll, F. Tomasz, T.H. Tran, D. Traynor, T.N. Trinh, P. Truöl, I. Tsakov, B. Tseepeldorj, J. Turnau, K. Urban, A. Valkárová, C. Vallée, P. Van Mechelen, A. Vargas Trevino, Y. Vazdik, S. Vinokurova, V. Volchinski, M. von den Driesch, D. Wegener, Ch. Wissing, E. Wünsch, J. Žáček, J. Zálešák, Z. Zhang, A. Zhokin, T. Zimmermann, H. Zohrabyan, and F. Zomer 1 I. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH, Aachen, Germany 2 Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia 3 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 4 Inter-University Institute for High Energies ULB-VUB, Brussels and Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium