Leading log radiative corrections to deep inelastic production of heavy quarks

Abstract

O(\alpha) QED radiative corrections to neutral current deep inelastic production of heavy quarks are calculated in the leading log approximation and compared with the corresponding corrections assuming a massless charm parton. Besides the inclusive case, corrections to the semi-inclusive d^3\sigma/dx dy dz and the effect of z-cuts are studied. In the latter case, the massless corrections differ from the correct massive radiative corrections to deep inelastic heavy quark production by about 40%-10% for 0.2\lesssim z \lesssim 0.5.

Comments: minor changes, revised version to appear in Z Phys. C, 25 pages, LaTeX, 13 figures, epsfig.sty