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Measurement of prompt and non-prompt J/psi production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

B. Abelev
  • Fonction : Auteur
Laurent Aphecetche
Guillaume Batigne
B. Cheynis
Magali Estienne
Marie Germain
J.-Y. Grossiord
  • Fonction : Auteur
Maxime Guilbaud
Gines Martinez Garcia
Philippe Pillot
C. Roy
Alexandre Shabetai
Diego Stocco

Résumé

The ALICE experiment at the LHC has studied J/psi production at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at {\surd}s = 7 TeV through its electron pair decay on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity L_int = 5.6nb-1. The fraction of J/psi from the decay of long-lived beauty hadrons was determined for J/psi candidates with transverse momentum pt > 1.3 GeV/c and rapidity |y| < 0.9. The cross section for prompt J/psi mesons, i.e. directly produced J/psi and prompt decays of heavier charmonium states such as the Psi(2S) and Csi_c resonances, is sigma_prompt-J/psi(pt > 1.3 GeV/c, |y| < 0.9) = 7.2 +- 0.7(stat.) +- 1.0(syst.)+1.3-1.2 (syst.pol.) mb. The pt-differential cross section for prompt J/psi has also been measured. The cross section for the production of b-hadrons decaying to J/psi with transverse momentum greater than 1.3 GeV/c in the rapidity range |y| < 0.9 is sigma_{J/psi<-h_B} = 1.26 +- 0.33 (stat.) +0.23-0.28 (syst.) mb. The results are compared to QCD model predictions. The shape of the pt and y distributions of b-quarks predicted by perturbative QCD model calculations are used to extrapolate the measured cross section to derive the bb pair total cross section and dsigma/dy at midrapidity.

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in2p3-00702009 , version 1 (29-05-2012)

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B. Abelev, Laurent Aphecetche, A. Baldisseri, Guillaume Batigne, I. Belikov, et al.. Measurement of prompt and non-prompt J/psi production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012, 2012, pp.065. ⟨10.1007/JHEP11(2012)065⟩. ⟨in2p3-00702009⟩
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