Measurement of the exclusive Υ production cross-section in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV and 8 TeV
A study is presented of central exclusive production of Υ(nS) states, where the Υ(nS) resonances decay to the μ + μ − final state, using pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment. The cross-section is measured in the rapidity range 2 < y(Υ) < 4.5 where the muons are reconstructed in th...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/3165 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3165 https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)084 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Gran col·lisionador d'hadrons (França i Suïssa) Partícules (Física nuclear) Col·lisions (Física nuclear) 539 |
| Sumario: | A study is presented of central exclusive production of Υ(nS) states, where the Υ(nS) resonances decay to the μ + μ − final state, using pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment. The cross-section is measured in the rapidity range 2 < y(Υ) < 4.5 where the muons are reconstructed in the pseudorapidity range 2 < η(μ ±) < 4.5. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.9 fb−1 and was collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV. The measured Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) production cross-sections are σ(pp→pY(1S)p)=9.0±2.1±1.7pbandσ(pp→pY(2S)p)=1.3±0.8±0.3pb, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. The Υ(1S) crosssection is also measured as a function of rapidity and is found to be in good agreement with Standard Model predictions. An upper limit is set at 3.4 pb at the 95% confidence level for the exclusive Υ(3S) production cross-section, including possible contamination from χ b (3P ) → Υ(3S)γ decays. |
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