Measurement of prompt J/psi and beauty hadron production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

Betty Abelev, J. Adam, Hans Bøggild, Ian Bearden, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard, Børge Svane Nielsen, Casper Nygaard, Carsten Søgaard, Alexander Colliander Hansen

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Abstract

The ALICE experiment at the LHC has studied J/ψ production at midrapidity in pp collisions at √s = 7TeV 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 > 1.3GeV/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 c 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 > 1.3GeV/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.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Vol/bind2012
Udgave nummer11
Sider (fra-til)065
ISSN1126-6708
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 nov. 2012

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