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Heavy-quark fragmentation

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Basic types of parametrizations are considered for the heavy-quark fragmentation function. The kinematical boundaries of the fragmentation-model applicability region are found. Nonfragmentation contributions to the production of heavy mesons are estimated.

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    A. V. Berezhnoy

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Berezhnoy, A.K. Likhoded, 2010, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2010, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 1106–1119.

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Berezhnoy, A.V., Likhoded, A.K. Heavy-quark fragmentation. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 73, 1069–1083 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778810060219

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