Title:
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Improved measurement of the b¯b production cross section in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions
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Author:
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Conde, P.; Garrido Beltrán, Lluís; Peralta, D.; HERA-B Collaboration
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Other authors:
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Universitat de Barcelona |
Abstract:
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A new measurement of the b ¯ b production cross section in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collisions is presented by the HERA-B Collaboration. The b ¯ b production is tagged via inclusive bottom quark decays into J / ψ mesons by exploiting the longitudinal separation of J / ψ → l + l − decay vertices from the primary proton-nucleus interaction point. Both e + e − and μ + μ − channels are reconstructed for a total of 83 ± 12 inclusive b → J / ψ X events found. The combined analysis yields a b ¯ b to prompt J / ψ cross section ratio of Δ σ ( b ¯ b ) Δ σ J / ψ = 0.032 ± 0.005 stat ± 0.004 sys measured in the x F acceptance ( − 0.35 < x F < 0.15 ), extrapolated to σ ( b ¯ b ) = 14.9 ± 2.2 stat ± 2.4 sys nb/nucleon in the total phase space. |
Subject(s):
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-Física de partícules -Col·lisions (Física) -Particle physics -Collisions (Physics) |
Rights:
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(c) American Physical Society, 2006
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Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
Published by:
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American Physical Society
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