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Measurement of the b-quark production cross section in 7 and 13 TeV pp collisions

Measurements of the cross section for producing b quarks in the reaction pp→b¯bX are reported in 7 and 13 TeV collisions at the LHC as a function of the pseudorapidity η in the range 2<η<5 covered by the acceptance of the LHCb experiment. The measurements are done using semileptonic decays of...

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Main Authors: Aaij, Roel (Author) , D'Argent, Philippe (Author) , Bachmann, Sebastian (Author) , Braun, Svende (Author) , Britsch, Markward (Author) , Comerma-Montells, Albert (Author) , De Cian, Michel (Author) , Esen, Sevda (Author) , Gerick, David (Author) , Gersabeck, Evelina (Author) , Han, Xiaoxue (Author) , Hansmann-Menzemer, Stephanie (Author) , Kecke, Matthieu (Author) , Khanji, Basem (Author) , Kolpin, Michael (Author) , Kreplin, Katharina (Author) , Leverington, Blake (Author) , Marks, Jörg (Author) , Meißner, Marco (Author) , Mitzel, Dominik (Author) , Neubert, Sebastian (Author) , Neuner, Max (Author) , Nikodem, Thomas (Author) , Piucci, Alessio (Author) , Schiller, Manuel (Author) , Seyfert, Paul (Author) , Stahl, Marian (Author) , Stemmle, Simon (Author) , Tilburg, Jeroen van (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author) , Vesterinen, Mika (Author) , Zhelezov, Alexey (Author)
Corporate Author: LHCb Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 3 February 2017
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2017, Volume: 118, Issue: 5
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.052002
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.052002
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.052002
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Author Notes:R. Aaij et al.* (LHCb Collaboration)
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Summary:Measurements of the cross section for producing b quarks in the reaction pp→b¯bX are reported in 7 and 13 TeV collisions at the LHC as a function of the pseudorapidity η in the range 2<η<5 covered by the acceptance of the LHCb experiment. The measurements are done using semileptonic decays of b-flavored hadrons decaying into a ground-state charmed hadron in association with a muon. The cross sections in the covered η range are 72.0±0.3±6.8 and 154.3±1.5±14.3 μb for 7 and 13 TeV. The ratio is 2.14±0.02±0.13, where the quoted uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The agreement with theoretical expectation is good at 7 TeV, but differs somewhat at 13 TeV. The measured ratio of cross sections is larger at lower η than the model prediction.
Item Description:R. Aaij, P. d’Argent, S. Bachmann, S. Braun, M. Britsch, A. Comerma-Montells, M. De Cian, S. Esen, D.Gerick, E. Gersabeck, X.Han, S. Hansmann-Menzemer, M. Kecke, B. Khanji, M. Kolpin, K. Kreplin, B. Leverington, J. Marks, M. Meissner, D.S. Mitzel, S. Neubert, M. Neuner, T. Nikodem, A. Piucci, P. Seyfert, M. Schiller, M. Stahl, S. Stemmle, J. v. Tilburg, U. Uwer, M. Vesterinen, A. Zhelezov [und weitere]
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.052002

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