Study of J/ψ meson production inside jets in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV
A study of the production of prompt J/ψ mesons contained in jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV is presented. The analysis is based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.1 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. For events with at least one observed jet, the ang...
| Autores: | , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFRGS |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/222868 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/222868 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Aceleradores de partículas Colisões proton-proton Mésons psi CMS J/psi Mesons Jets |
| Sumario: | A study of the production of prompt J/ψ mesons contained in jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV is presented. The analysis is based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.1 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. For events with at least one observed jet, the angular separation between the J/ψ meson and the jet is used to test whether the J/ψ meson is part of the jet. The analysis shows that most prompt J/ψ mesons having energy above 15 GeV and rapidity |y| < 1 are contained in jets with pseudorapidity |ηjet| < 1. The differential distributions of the probability to have a J/ψ meson contained in a jet as a function of jet energy for a fixed J/ψ energy fraction are compared to a theoretical model using the fragmenting jet function approach. The data agree best with fragmenting jet function calculations that use a long-distance matrix element parameter set in which prompt J/ψ mesons are predicted to be unpolarized. This technique demonstrates a new way to test predictions for prompt J/ψ production using nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics. |
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