Measurement of J/ψ production in pp collisions at √s=2.76TeV

Author

Abellan Beteta, Carlos

Calvo Gómez, Míriam

Camboni, Alessandro

Comerma Montells, Albert

Domingo Bonal, Francesc

Garrido Beltrán, Lluís

Graciani Díaz, Ricardo

Graugés Pous, Eugeni

López Asamar, Elias

Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo, Antonio

Picatoste Olloqui, Eduardo

Potterat, Cédric

Rives Molina, Vicente José

Ruiz, Hugo (Ruiz Pérez)

Vázquez Gómez, Ricard

Vilasis-Cardona, Xavier

LHCb Collaboration

Publication date

2016-06-07T09:21:52Z

2016-06-07T09:21:52Z

2013-02-07

2016-06-07T09:21:57Z

Abstract

The production of J/ψ mesons is studied with the LHCb detector using data from pp collisions at √s = 2.76 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 71 nb−1 . The differential cross-section for inclusive J/ψ production is measured as a function of its transverse momentum pT. The cross-section in the fiducial region 0 < pT < 12 GeV/c and rapidity 2.0 < y < 4.5 is measured to be 5.6±0.1 (stat)±0.4 (syst) µb, with the assumption of unpolarised J/ψ production. The fraction of J/ψ production from b-hadron decays is measured to be (7.1 ± 0.6 (stat) ± 0.7 (syst))%.

Document Type

Article
Published version

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Hadrons; Teoria quàntica de camps; Gravitació; Teoria quàntica; Relativitat (Física); Hadrons; Quantum field theory; Gravitation; Quantum theory; Relativity (Physics)

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Related items

Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2013)041

Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013, vol. 1302 , p. 041

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2013)041

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cc-by (c) Abellan Beteta, Carlos et al., 2013

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