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First measurement of charm production in its fixed-target configuration at the LHC

The first measurement of heavy-flavor production by the LHCb experiment in its fixed-target mode is presented. The production of J/ψ and D0 mesons is studied with beams of protons of different energies colliding with gaseous targets of helium and argon with nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energies of...

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Main Authors: Aaij, Roel (Author) , D'Argent, Philippe (Author) , Bachmann, Sebastian (Author) , Berninghoff, Daniel (Author) , Borsato, Martino (Author) , Braun, Svende (Author) , Comerma-Montells, Albert (Author) , Dziewiecki, Michal (Author) , Gerick, David (Author) , Grabowski, Jascha (Author) , Han, Xiaoxue (Author) , Hansmann-Menzemer, Stephanie (Author) , Hu, Jiangqiao (Author) , Kecke, Matthieu (Author) , Khanji, Basem (Author) , Kolpin, Michael (Author) , Kopecná, Renata (Author) , Leverington, Blake (Author) , Malygina, Hanna (Author) , Marks, Jörg (Author) , Mitzel, Dominik (Author) , Neubert, Sebastian (Author) , Neuner, Max (Author) , Piucci, Alessio (Author) , Skidmore, Nicola (Author) , Stahl, Marian (Author) , Stemmle, Simon (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author) , Zhelezov, Alexey (Author)
Corporate Author: LHCb Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2 April 2019
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2019, Volume: 122, Issue: 13
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132002
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132002
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132002
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Author Notes:R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)
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Summary:The first measurement of heavy-flavor production by the LHCb experiment in its fixed-target mode is presented. The production of J/ψ and D0 mesons is studied with beams of protons of different energies colliding with gaseous targets of helium and argon with nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energies of √sNN=86.6 and 110.4 GeV, respectively. The J/ψ and D0 production cross sections in pHe collisions in the rapidity range [2, 4.6] are found to be σJ/ψ=652±33(stat)±42(syst) nb/nucleon and σD0=80.8±2.4(stat)±6.3(syst) μb/nucleon, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. No evidence for a substantial intrinsic charm content of the nucleon is observed in the large Bjorken-x region.
Item Description:LHCb Collaboration: R. Aaij, P. d’Argent, S. Bachmann, S. Braun, A. Comerma-Montells, M. Dziewiecki, D. Gerick, J.P. Grabowski, X. Han, S. Hansmann-Menzemer, M. Kecke, B. Khanji, M. Kolpin, R. Kopecna, B. Leverington, J. Marks, D.S. Mitzel, S. Neubert, M. Neuner, A. Piucci, N. Skidmore, M. Stahl, S. Stemmle, U. Uwer, A. Zhelezov [und weitere]
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132002

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