Measurement of the b-hadron production cross section using decays to D*+ μ − X final states in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Buanes, Trygve; Burgess, Thomas; Eigen, Gerald; Kastanas, Alex; Liebig, Wolfgang; Lipniacka, Anna; Rosendahl, Peter Lundgaard; Sandaker, Heidi; Sjursen, Therese B.; Stugu, Bjarne Sandvik; Tonoyan, Arshak; Ugland, Maren; Bugge, Lars; Buran, Torleiv; Cameron, David Gordon; Czyczula, Zofia; Gjelsten, Børge Kile; Lund, Esben; Ould-Saada, Farid; Pajchel, Katarina; Pylypchenko, Yuriy; Read, Alexander Lincoln; Røhne, Ole Myren; Samset, Bjørn Hallvard; Stapnes, Steinar; Strandlie, Are; Aad, Georges; Abbott, Brad; Abdallah, Jalal; Abdel Khalek, Samah; Abdelalim, Ahmed Ali; Abdesselam, Abdel; Abdinov, Ovsat Bahram oglu; Abi, Babak; Abolins, Maris; AbouZeid, Hass; Abramowicz, Halina; Abreu, Henso; Acerbi, Emilio; Adams, David; Addy, Tetteh N.; Adelman, Jareed; Aderholz, Michael; Adomeit, Stefanie; Adragna, Paolo; Adye, Tim; Aefsky, Scott Alan; Aharrouche, Mohamed; Ahlen, Steven; Ahles, Florian
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https://hdl.handle.net/1956/9823Utgivelsesdato
2012-11-21Metadata
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.07.009Sammendrag
The b-hadron production cross section is measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV, using 3.3 pb−1 of integrated luminosity, collected during the 2010 LHC run. The b-hadrons are selected by partially reconstructing D*+μ−X final states. Differential cross sections are measured as functions of the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity. The measured production cross section for a b-hadron with pT > 9 GeV and |η| < 2.5 is 32.7±0.8(stat.)+4.5−6.8(syst.) μb, higher than the next-to-leadingorder QCD predictions but consistent within the experimental and theoretical uncertainties.