Measurement of prompt J/psi and beauty hadron production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV
Alme, Johan; Erdal, Hege Austrheim; Helstrup, Håvard; Hetland, Kristin Fanebust; Kileng, Bjarte; Altinpinar, Sedat; Djuvsland, Øystein; Fehlker, Dominik; Haaland, Øystein Senneset; Huang, Meidana; Kanaki, Kalliopi; Langøy, Rune; Lien, Jørgen; Liu, Lijiao; Lønne, Per-Ivar; Nystrand, Joakim; Røed, Ketil; Røhrich, Dieter; Skjerdal, Kyrre; Szostak, Artur Krzysztof; Ullaland, Kjetil; Øvrebekk, Gaute; Wagner, Boris; Yang, Shiming; Dordic, Olja; Eyyubova, Gyulnara; Kværnø, Henning; Lindal, Svein; Løvhøiden, Gunnar; Milosevic, Jovan; Nilsson, Mads Stormo; Qvigstad, Henrik; Richter, Matthias; Skaali, Toralf Bernhard; Tveter, Trine Spedstad; Wikne, Jon Christopher; Abelev, Betty; Abrahantes Quintana, Arian; Adam, Jaroslav; Adamová, Dagmar; Adare, Andrew Marshall; Aggarwal, Madan M.; Aglieri Rinella, Gianluca; Agocs, Andreas Gabor; Agostinelli, Andrea; Aguilar Salazar, Saul; Ahammed, Zubayer; Ahmad, Nazeer; Ahmad Masoodi, Arshar; Ahn, Sang Un
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Alme J, Erdal HA, Helstrup H, Hetland KF, Kileng B, Altinpinar S, Djuvsland Ø, Fehlker D, Haaland ØS, Huang M, Kanaki K, Langøy R, Lien JA, Liu L, Lønne P, Nystrand J, Røed K, Røhrich D, Skjerdal K, Szostak AK, Ullaland K, Øvrebekk G, Wagner B, Yang S, Dordic O, Eyyubova G, Kværnø H, Lindal S, Løvhøiden G, Milosevic J, Nilsson MS, Qvigstad H, Richter M, Skaali TB, Tveter TS, Wikne JC, Abelev B, Abrahantes Quintana A, Adam J, Adamová D, Adare AM, Aggarwal MM, Aglieri Rinella G, Agocs AG, Agostinelli A, Aguilar Salazar S, Ahammed Z, Ahmad N, Ahmad Masoodi A, Ahn SU. Measurement of prompt J/psi and beauty hadron production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP). 2012(11) https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11(2012)065Abstract
The ALICE experiment at the LHC has studied J/ψ production at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV through its electron pair decay on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity Lint = 5.6 nb−1. The fraction of J/ψ from the decay of long-lived beauty hadrons was determined for J/ψ candidates with transverse momentum pt> 1.3 GeV/c and rapidity |y| < 0.9. The cross section for prompt J/ψ mesons, i.e. directly produced J/ψ and prompt decays of heavier charmonium states such as the ψ(2S) and χc resonances, is σprompt J/ψ (pt> 1.3 GeV/c, |y| < 0.9) = 8.3 ± 0.8 (stat.) ± 1.1 (syst.) +1.5−1.4 (syst. pol.) μb. The cross section for the production of b-hadrons decaying to J/ψ with pt> 1.3 GeV/c and |y| < 0.9 is σJ/ψ←hB (pt > 1.3 GeV/c, |y| < 0.9) = 1.46 ± 0.38 (stat.) +0.26−0.32 (syst.) μb. The results are compared to QCD model predictions. The shape of the pt and y distributions of b-quarks predicted by perturbative QCD model calculations are used to extrapolate the measured cross section to derive the bb¯¯¯ pair total cross section and dσ/dy at mid-rapidity.
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