Measurement of sigma(pp -> b anti-b X) at √(s)=7 TeV in the forward region

2010/09/14 by LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +629 · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.10.010

published as Phys.Lett.B694:209-216,2010 · 11 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Physics Lett. B; v2 minor changes

arxiv published 2010/09/14 · arxiv created 2010/10/07 · arxiv updated 2010/10/07

Abstract

Decays of b hadrons into final states containing a D0 meson and a muon are used to measure the b anti-b production cross-section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC. In the pseudorapidity interval 2 < eta < 6 and integrated over all transverse momenta we find that the average cross-section to produce b-flavoured or anti-b-flavoured hadrons is (75.3 +/- 5.4 +/- 13.0) microbarns.

Discussions

• LHCb has published its first 7 TeV paper on the b quark production, see http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.2731 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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