Measurement of the b -Quark Production Cross Section in 7 and 13 TeV pp Collisions

(LHCb Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.052002

Measurement of the b -Quark Production Cross Section in 7 and 13 TeV pp Collisions

(LHCb Collaboration)

European Organization for Nuclear Research
University Santiago de Compostela
University of Bristol
Clermont-Auvergne University
Aix-Marseille Université
Fakultät Physik
University of Dortmund
SUPA
University of Glasgow
Science Park 105
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)
Imperial College London
University of Cincinnati
Instituto de Biofisica da UFRJ
INFN
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
Institute of Physics
ENAC-IIC-GEL
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze
Sezione INFN di Ferrara
University of Ferrara
University of Maryland, College Park
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manchester
University of Heidelberg
Kurchatov Institute
Syracuse University
Sezione di Roma
University of Warwick
University of Barcelona
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Institute for Nuclear Physics
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ)
Laboratoire de Physique des Particules
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas

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Measurements of the cross section for producing b quarks in the reaction pp→bbX 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.

Original language	English
Article number	052002
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.052002
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2017

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Measurement of the b -Quark Production Cross Section in 7 and 13 TeV pp Collisions

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