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Charm jets as a probe for strangeness at the future Electron-Ion Collider

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Abstract

We explore the feasibility of the measurement of charm-jet cross sections in charged-current deep-inelastic scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider. This channel provides clean sensitivity to the strangeness content of the nucleon in the high-$x$ region. We estimate charm-jet tagging performance with parametrized detector simulations. We show the expected sensitivity to various scenarios for strange parton distribution functions. We argue that this measurement will be key to future QCD global analyses, so it should inform EIC detector designs and luminosity requirements. This work is summarized in arXiv:2006.12520 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12520).

Authors

  • Stephen Sekula

    Southern Methodist University

  • Miguel Arratia

    University of California, Riverside, University of California, Riverside and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

  • Yulia Furletova

    Jefferson Lab, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

  • Timothy Hobbs

    Southern Methodist University and the Jefferson Laboratory, EIC Center

  • Fred Olness

    Southern Methodist University