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Predictions for light charged hadron production data in the current fragmentation region of deeply inelastic scattering from the H1 and ZEUS experiments are calculated using perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics at next-to-leading order, and…
We review the description of inclusive single unpolarized light hadron production using fragmentation functions in the framework of the factorization theorem. We summarize the factorization of quantities into perturbatively calculable…
We study single-hadron inclusive electroproduction in ep scattering at DESY HERA at next-to-leading order in the parton model of quantum chromodynamics endowed with non-perturbative fragmentation functions. Specifically, we consider…
Measurements of heavy quark production, particularly from HERA, their theoretical understanding and their relevance for the LHC are reviewed. The status of beauty and charm production is discussed in the context of the different components…
We review a recent global analysis of inclusive single-charged-hadron production in high-energy colliding-beam experiments, which is performed at next-to-leading order (NLO) in the parton model of quantum chromodynamics endowed with…
We calculate in next-to-leading order inclusive cross sections of single-particle production via resolved photons in $ep$ collisions at HERA. Transverse-momentum and rapidity distributions are presented and the scale dependence is studied.…
A measurement of the inclusive cross-section for the photoproduction of protons in the central fragmentation region at HERA is presented. The measured cross-section is compared with the prediction of the PYTHIA MC model. The obtained value…
Diffractive processes in photon-proton interactions at HERA offer the opportunity to improve the understanding of the transition between the soft, non-perturbative regime in hadronic interactions at $Q^2 = 0$ and the perturbative region at…
We review recent results on the inclusive electroproduction of light hadrons at next-to-leading order in the parton model of quantum chromodynamics implemented with fragmentation functions and present updated predictions for HERA…
HERA data on soft hadron production are discussed. The measured inclusive and exclusive hadron cross sections show a simple scaling behaviour.
Recent results on charm fragmentation and hadron spectroscopy in $e^+/e^- p$ collisions at HERA with the ZEUS and H1 detectors are presented. The measured fragmentation ratios and fragmentation fractions are in agreement with those measured…
We review recent results on the inclusive electroproduction of light hadrons at next-to-leading order in the parton model of quantum chromodynamics implemented with fragmentation functions and present updated predictions for HERA…
The structure of the hadronic final state in deep inelastic scattering at HERA is studied on the level of the Monte Carlo event generator. Special emphasis is given to the colour coherence phenomenon in the current fragmentation region. It…
We review recent developments in the theoretical description of inclusive single-hadron production at next-to-leading order in the parton model of quantum chromodynamics. Fragmentation functions are extracted from fits to data of inclusive…
We study inclusive photoproduction of hadrons at HERA via both direct and resolved photons to next-to-leading order (NLO) in the QCD-improved parton model. We predict transverse-momentum ($\pt$) and rapidity ($\ylab$) distributions and…
Fragmentation functions for D mesons, based on the convolution of a perturbative part, related to the heavy quark perturbative showering, and a non-perturbative model for its hadronization into the meson, are used to describe D^* production…
Inclusive charm meson production cross sections in the deep inelastic scattering and photoproduction regimes are compared with QCD leading and next-to-leading (NLO) calculations. The NLO predictions are significantly below the data in some…
In this short review paper, we discuss some of the recent advances in the field of parton fragmentation processes into hadrons as well as their possible modifications in QCD media. Hadron production data in e+e-, deep inelastic scattering…
The import of HERA data on heavy quark production for LHC experiments is discussed. Knowlegde of all aspects of the beauty and charm production process, viz. the parton density functions of colliding hadrons, the hard scatter, and the…
A study of inclusive production of single hadrons with finite transverse momentum in neutral current deep-inelastic scattering has been carried out. Cross sections have been calculated using perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics at…