The differential cross-section as a function of rapidity has been measured for the exclusive production of J/psi and psi(2S) mesons in proton-proton collisions at root s = 7 TeV, using data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 930 pb(-1). The cross-sections times branching fractions to two muons having pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5 are measured to be sigma (pp -> J/psi -> mu+mu-)(2.0 < eta(mu +/-) < 4.5) = 291 +/- 7 +/- 19 pb, sigma (pp ->psi(2S)->mu+mu-)(2.0 < eta(mu +/-) < 4.5) = 6.5 +/- 0.9 +/- 0.4 pb, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The measurements agree with next-to-leading order QCD predictions as well as with models that include saturation effects.
Archilli, F., Carboni, G., Santovetti, E., The LHCb, C. (2014). Updated measurements of exclusive J/psi and psi(2S) production cross-sections in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. G, NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS, 41(5) [10.1088/0954-3899/41/5/055002].
Updated measurements of exclusive J/psi and psi(2S) production cross-sections in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV
Archilli, FMembro del Collaboration Group
;Carboni, GMembro del Collaboration Group
;Santovetti, EMembro del Collaboration Group
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2014-01-01
Abstract
The differential cross-section as a function of rapidity has been measured for the exclusive production of J/psi and psi(2S) mesons in proton-proton collisions at root s = 7 TeV, using data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 930 pb(-1). The cross-sections times branching fractions to two muons having pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5 are measured to be sigma (pp -> J/psi -> mu+mu-)(2.0 < eta(mu +/-) < 4.5) = 291 +/- 7 +/- 19 pb, sigma (pp ->psi(2S)->mu+mu-)(2.0 < eta(mu +/-) < 4.5) = 6.5 +/- 0.9 +/- 0.4 pb, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The measurements agree with next-to-leading order QCD predictions as well as with models that include saturation effects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.