Bottom production cross section from double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collisions

I. Abt; M. Adams; M. Agari; H. Albrecht; A. Aleksandrov; V. Amaral; A. Amorim; S. J. Aplin; V. Aushev; Y. Bagaturia; V. Balagura; M. Bargiotti; O. Barsukova; J. Bastos; J. Batista; C. Bauer; Th S. Bauer; A. Belkov; Ar Belkov; I. Belotelov; A. Bertin; B. Bobchenko; M. Böcker; A. Bogatyrev; G. Bohm; M. Bräuer; M. Bruinsma; M. Bruschi; P. Buchholz; T. Buran; J. Carvalho; P. Conde; C. Cruse; M. Dam; K. M. Danielsen; M. Danilov; S. De Castro; H. Deppe; X. Dong; H. B. Dreis; V. Egorytchev; K. Ehret; F. Eisele; D. Emeliyanov; S. Essenov; L. Fabbri; P. Faccioli; M. Feuerstack-Raible; J. Flammer; B. Fominykh; M. Funcke; Ll Garrido; A. Gellrich; B. Giacobbe; P. Giovannini; J. Gläß; D. Goloubkov; Y. Golubkov; A. Golutvin; I. Golutvin; I. Gorbounov; A. Gorišek; O. Gouchtchine; D. C. Goulart; S. Gradl; W. Gradl; F. Grimaldi; J. Groth-Jensen; Yu Guilitsky; J. D. Hansen; J. M. Hernández; W. Hofmann; M. Hohlmann; T. Hott; W. Hulsbergen; U. Husemann; O. Igonkina; M. Ispiryan; T. Jagla; C. Jiang; H. Kapitza; S. Karabekyan; N. Karpenko; S. Keller; J. Kessler; F. Khasanov; Yu Kiryushin; I. Kisel; E. Klinkby; K. T. Knöpfle; H. Kolanoski; S. Korpar; C. Krauss; P. Kreuzer; P. Križan; D. Krücker; S. Kupper; T. Kvaratskheliia; A. Lanyov; K. Lau; B. Lewendel; T. Lohse; B. Lomonosov; R. Männer; R. Mankel; S. Masciocchi; I. Massa; I. Matchikhilian; G. Medin; M. Medinnis; M. Mevius; A. Michetti; Yu Mikhailov; R. Mizuk; R. Muresan; M. zur Nedden; M. Negodaev; M. Nörenberg; S. Nowak; M. T. Núñez Pardo de Vera; M. Ouchrif; F. Ould-Saada; C. Padilla; D. Peralta; R. Pernack; R. Pestotnik; B. AA Petersen; M. Piccinini; M. A. Pleier; M. Poli; V. Popov; D. Pose; S. Prystupa; V. Pugatch; Y. Pylypchenko; J. Pyrlik; K. Reeves; D. Reßing; H. Rick; I. Riu; P. Robmann; I. Rostovtseva; V. Rybnikov; F. Sánchez; A. Sbrizzi; M. Schmelling; B. Schmidt; A. Schreiner; H. Schröder; U. Schwanke; A. J. Schwartz; A. S. Schwarz; B. Schwenninger; B. Schwingenheuer; F. Sciacca; N. Semprini-Cesari; S. Shuvalov; L. Silva; L. Sözüer; S. Solunin; A. Somov; S. Somov; J. Spengler; R. Spighi; A. Spiridonov; A. Stanovnik; M. Starič; C. Stegmann; H. S. Subramania; M. Symalla; I. Tikhomirov; M. Titov; I. Tsakov; U. Uwer; C. van Eldik; Yu Vassiliev; M. Villa; A. Vitale; I. Vukotic; H. Wahlberg; A. H. Walenta; M. Walter; J. J. Wang; D. Wegener; U. Werthenbach; H. Wolters; R. Wurth; A. Wurz; S. Xella-Hansen; Yu Zaitsev; M. Zavertyaev; T. Zeuner; A. Zhelezov; Z. Zheng; R. Zimmermann; T. Živko; A. Zoccoli

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.022

Bottom production cross section from double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collisions

I. Abt
, M. Adams
, M. Agari
, H. Albrecht
, A. Aleksandrov
, V. Amaral
, A. Amorim
, S. J. Aplin
, V. Aushev
, Y. Bagaturia
, V. Balagura
, M. Bargiotti
, O. Barsukova
, J. Bastos
, J. Batista
, C. Bauer
, Th S. Bauer
, A. Belkov
, Ar Belkov
, I. Belotelov

A. Bertin, B. Bobchenko, M. Böcker, A. Bogatyrev, G. Bohm, M. Bräuer, M. Bruinsma, M. Bruschi, P. Buchholz, T. Buran, J. Carvalho, P. Conde, C. Cruse, M. Dam, K. M. Danielsen, M. Danilov, S. De Castro, H. Deppe, X. Dong, H. B. Dreis, V. Egorytchev, K. Ehret, F. Eisele, D. Emeliyanov, S. Essenov, L. Fabbri, P. Faccioli, M. Feuerstack-Raible, J. Flammer, B. Fominykh, M. Funcke, Ll Garrido, A. Gellrich, B. Giacobbe, P. Giovannini, J. Gläß, D. Goloubkov, Y. Golubkov, A. Golutvin, I. Golutvin, I. Gorbounov, A. Gorišek, O. Gouchtchine, D. C. Goulart, S. Gradl, W. Gradl, F. Grimaldi, J. Groth-Jensen, Yu Guilitsky, J. D. Hansen, J. M. Hernández, W. Hofmann, M. Hohlmann, T. Hott, W. Hulsbergen, U. Husemann, O. Igonkina, M. Ispiryan, T. Jagla, C. Jiang, H. Kapitza, S. Karabekyan, N. Karpenko, S. Keller, J. Kessler, F. Khasanov, Yu Kiryushin, I. Kisel, E. Klinkby, K. T. Knöpfle, H. Kolanoski, S. Korpar, C. Krauss, P. Kreuzer, P. Križan, D. Krücker, S. Kupper, T. Kvaratskheliia, A. Lanyov, K. Lau, B. Lewendel, T. Lohse, B. Lomonosov, R. Männer, R. Mankel, S. Masciocchi, I. Massa, I. Matchikhilian, G. Medin, M. Medinnis, M. Mevius, A. Michetti, Yu Mikhailov, R. Mizuk, R. Muresan, M. zur Nedden, M. Negodaev, M. Nörenberg, S. Nowak, M. T. Núñez Pardo de Vera, M. Ouchrif, F. Ould-Saada, C. Padilla, D. Peralta, R. Pernack, R. Pestotnik, B. AA Petersen, M. Piccinini, M. A. Pleier, M. Poli, V. Popov, D. Pose, S. Prystupa, V. Pugatch, Y. Pylypchenko, J. Pyrlik, K. Reeves, D. Reßing, H. Rick, I. Riu, P. Robmann, I. Rostovtseva, V. Rybnikov, F. Sánchez, A. Sbrizzi, M. Schmelling, B. Schmidt, A. Schreiner, H. Schröder, U. Schwanke, A. J. Schwartz, A. S. Schwarz, B. Schwenninger, B. Schwingenheuer, F. Sciacca, N. Semprini-Cesari, S. Shuvalov, L. Silva, L. Sözüer, S. Solunin, A. Somov, S. Somov, J. Spengler, R. Spighi, A. Spiridonov, A. Stanovnik, M. Starič, C. Stegmann, H. S. Subramania, M. Symalla, I. Tikhomirov, M. Titov, I. Tsakov, U. Uwer, C. van Eldik, Yu Vassiliev, M. Villa, A. Vitale, I. Vukotic, H. Wahlberg, A. H. Walenta, M. Walter, J. J. Wang, D. Wegener, U. Werthenbach, H. Wolters, R. Wurth, A. Wurz, S. Xella-Hansen, Yu Zaitsev, M. Zavertyaev, T. Zeuner, A. Zhelezov, Z. Zheng, R. Zimmermann, T. Živko, A. Zoccoli

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
University of Dortmund
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
c/o DESY
LIP Coimbra
Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
University of Bologna
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
Science Park 105
Universität Siegen
Universiteit Utrecht
University of Oslo
University of Barcelona
Niels Bohr Institutet
University of Heidelberg
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Mannheim
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology
University of Cincinnati
University of Houston
Universität Rostock
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
University of Maribor
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Ljubljana
Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Tsinghua University

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Abstract

The b over(b, ̄) production cross section in 920 GeV proton-nucleus fixed target collisions is measured by observing double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in the kinematic region - 0.3 < x_F (μ) < 0.15. A total number of 83 ± 12 b over(b, ̄) events is obtained with a likelihood fit of the signal and background simulated events to the data. The resulting cross section is σ_{b over(b, ̄)} = 17.5 ± 2.6_stat ± 3.3_sys nb / nucleon, or, when combined with a previous HERA-B measurement of similar precision, σ_{b over(b, ̄)} = 15.8 ± 1.7_stat ± 1.3_sys^uncorr ± 2.0_sys^corr nb / nucleon, which is consistent with recent NLO calculations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-110
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	650
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.022
Publication status	Published - 28 Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Abt, I., Adams, M., Agari, M., Albrecht, H., Aleksandrov, A., Amaral, V., Amorim, A., Aplin, S. J., Aushev, V., Bagaturia, Y., Balagura, V., Bargiotti, M., Barsukova, O., Bastos, J., Batista, J., Bauer, C., Bauer, T. S., Belkov, A., Belkov, A., ... Zoccoli, A. (2007). Bottom production cross section from double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collisions. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 650(2-3), 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.022

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abstract = "The b over(b,{\= }) production cross section in 920 GeV proton-nucleus fixed target collisions is measured by observing double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in the kinematic region - 0.3 < xF (μ) < 0.15. A total number of 83 ± 12 b over(b,{\= }) events is obtained with a likelihood fit of the signal and background simulated events to the data. The resulting cross section is σb over(b,{\= }) = 17.5 ± 2.6stat ± 3.3sys nb / nucleon, or, when combined with a previous HERA-B measurement of similar precision, σb over(b,{\= }) = 15.8 ± 1.7stat ± 1.3sysuncorr ± 2.0syscorr nb / nucleon, which is consistent with recent NLO calculations.",

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T1 - Bottom production cross section from double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collisions

AU - Abt, I.

AU - Adams, M.

AU - Agari, M.

AU - Albrecht, H.

AU - Aleksandrov, A.

AU - Amaral, V.

AU - Amorim, A.

AU - Aplin, S. J.

AU - Aushev, V.

AU - Bagaturia, Y.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Bargiotti, M.

AU - Barsukova, O.

AU - Bastos, J.

AU - Batista, J.

AU - Bauer, C.

AU - Bauer, Th S.

AU - Belkov, A.

AU - Belkov, Ar

AU - Belotelov, I.

AU - Bertin, A.

AU - Bobchenko, B.

AU - Böcker, M.

AU - Bogatyrev, A.

AU - Bohm, G.

AU - Bräuer, M.

AU - Bruinsma, M.

AU - Bruschi, M.

AU - Buchholz, P.

AU - Buran, T.

AU - Carvalho, J.

AU - Conde, P.

AU - Cruse, C.

AU - Dam, M.

AU - Danielsen, K. M.

AU - Danilov, M.

AU - De Castro, S.

AU - Deppe, H.

AU - Dong, X.

AU - Dreis, H. B.

AU - Egorytchev, V.

AU - Ehret, K.

AU - Eisele, F.

AU - Emeliyanov, D.

AU - Essenov, S.

AU - Fabbri, L.

AU - Faccioli, P.

AU - Feuerstack-Raible, M.

AU - Flammer, J.

AU - Fominykh, B.

AU - Funcke, M.

AU - Garrido, Ll

AU - Gellrich, A.

AU - Giacobbe, B.

AU - Giovannini, P.

AU - Gläß, J.

AU - Goloubkov, D.

AU - Golubkov, Y.

AU - Golutvin, A.

AU - Golutvin, I.

AU - Gorbounov, I.

AU - Gorišek, A.

AU - Gouchtchine, O.

AU - Goulart, D. C.

AU - Gradl, S.

AU - Gradl, W.

AU - Grimaldi, F.

AU - Groth-Jensen, J.

AU - Guilitsky, Yu

AU - Hansen, J. D.

AU - Hernández, J. M.

AU - Hofmann, W.

AU - Hohlmann, M.

AU - Hott, T.

AU - Hulsbergen, W.

AU - Husemann, U.

AU - Igonkina, O.

AU - Ispiryan, M.

AU - Jagla, T.

AU - Jiang, C.

AU - Kapitza, H.

AU - Karabekyan, S.

AU - Karpenko, N.

AU - Keller, S.

AU - Kessler, J.

AU - Khasanov, F.

AU - Kiryushin, Yu

AU - Kisel, I.

AU - Klinkby, E.

AU - Knöpfle, K. T.

AU - Kolanoski, H.

AU - Korpar, S.

AU - Krauss, C.

AU - Kreuzer, P.

AU - Križan, P.

AU - Krücker, D.

AU - Kupper, S.

AU - Kvaratskheliia, T.

AU - Lanyov, A.

AU - Lau, K.

AU - Lewendel, B.

AU - Lohse, T.

AU - Lomonosov, B.

AU - Männer, R.

AU - Mankel, R.

AU - Masciocchi, S.

AU - Massa, I.

AU - Matchikhilian, I.

AU - Medin, G.

AU - Medinnis, M.

AU - Mevius, M.

AU - Michetti, A.

AU - Mikhailov, Yu

AU - Mizuk, R.

AU - Muresan, R.

AU - zur Nedden, M.

AU - Negodaev, M.

AU - Nörenberg, M.

AU - Nowak, S.

AU - Núñez Pardo de Vera, M. T.

AU - Ouchrif, M.

AU - Ould-Saada, F.

AU - Padilla, C.

AU - Peralta, D.

AU - Pernack, R.

AU - Pestotnik, R.

AU - Petersen, B. AA

AU - Piccinini, M.

AU - Pleier, M. A.

AU - Poli, M.

AU - Popov, V.

AU - Pose, D.

AU - Prystupa, S.

AU - Pugatch, V.

AU - Pylypchenko, Y.

AU - Pyrlik, J.

AU - Reeves, K.

AU - Reßing, D.

AU - Rick, H.

AU - Riu, I.

AU - Robmann, P.

AU - Rostovtseva, I.

AU - Rybnikov, V.

AU - Sánchez, F.

AU - Sbrizzi, A.

AU - Schmelling, M.

AU - Schmidt, B.

AU - Schreiner, A.

AU - Schröder, H.

AU - Schwanke, U.

AU - Schwartz, A. J.

AU - Schwarz, A. S.

AU - Schwenninger, B.

AU - Schwingenheuer, B.

AU - Sciacca, F.

AU - Semprini-Cesari, N.

AU - Shuvalov, S.

AU - Silva, L.

AU - Sözüer, L.

AU - Solunin, S.

AU - Somov, A.

AU - Somov, S.

AU - Spengler, J.

AU - Spighi, R.

AU - Spiridonov, A.

AU - Stanovnik, A.

AU - Starič, M.

AU - Stegmann, C.

AU - Subramania, H. S.

AU - Symalla, M.

AU - Tikhomirov, I.

AU - Titov, M.

AU - Tsakov, I.

AU - Uwer, U.

AU - van Eldik, C.

AU - Vassiliev, Yu

AU - Villa, M.

AU - Vitale, A.

AU - Vukotic, I.

AU - Wahlberg, H.

AU - Walenta, A. H.

AU - Walter, M.

AU - Wang, J. J.

AU - Wegener, D.

AU - Werthenbach, U.

AU - Wolters, H.

AU - Wurth, R.

AU - Wurz, A.

AU - Xella-Hansen, S.

AU - Zaitsev, Yu

AU - Zavertyaev, M.

AU - Zeuner, T.

AU - Zhelezov, A.

AU - Zheng, Z.

AU - Zimmermann, R.

AU - Živko, T.

AU - Zoccoli, A.

PY - 2007/6/28

Y1 - 2007/6/28

N2 - The b over(b, ̄) production cross section in 920 GeV proton-nucleus fixed target collisions is measured by observing double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in the kinematic region - 0.3 < xF (μ) < 0.15. A total number of 83 ± 12 b over(b, ̄) events is obtained with a likelihood fit of the signal and background simulated events to the data. The resulting cross section is σb over(b, ̄) = 17.5 ± 2.6stat ± 3.3sys nb / nucleon, or, when combined with a previous HERA-B measurement of similar precision, σb over(b, ̄) = 15.8 ± 1.7stat ± 1.3sysuncorr ± 2.0syscorr nb / nucleon, which is consistent with recent NLO calculations.

AB - The b over(b, ̄) production cross section in 920 GeV proton-nucleus fixed target collisions is measured by observing double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in the kinematic region - 0.3 < xF (μ) < 0.15. A total number of 83 ± 12 b over(b, ̄) events is obtained with a likelihood fit of the signal and background simulated events to the data. The resulting cross section is σb over(b, ̄) = 17.5 ± 2.6stat ± 3.3sys nb / nucleon, or, when combined with a previous HERA-B measurement of similar precision, σb over(b, ̄) = 15.8 ± 1.7stat ± 1.3sysuncorr ± 2.0syscorr nb / nucleon, which is consistent with recent NLO calculations.

U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.022

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2007.04.022

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:34250355991

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 650

SP - 103

EP - 110

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 2-3

ER -

Bottom production cross section from double muonic decays of b-flavoured hadrons in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collisions

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