Measurement of the differential cross-sections of inclusive, prompt and non-prompt J/psi production in proton-proton collisions at root s=7 TeV


Aad G., Abbott B., Abdallah J., Abdelalim A. A., Abdesselam A., Abdinov O., ...More

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, vol.850, no.3, pp.387-444, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 850 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.05.015
  • Journal Name: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.387-444
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The inclusive J/psi production cross-section and fraction of J/psi mesons produced in B-hadron decays are measured in proton proton collisions at root s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of the J/psi, using 2.3 pb(-1) of integrated luminosity. The cross-section is measured from a minimum P-T of 1 GeV to a maximum of 70 GeV and for rapidities within vertical bar y vertical bar < 2.4 giving the widest reach of any measurement of J/psi production to date. The differential production cross-sections of prompt and non-prompt J/psi are separately determined and are compared to Colour Singlet NNLO*, Colour Evaporation Model, and FONLL predictions. (C) 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.