Measurement of <i>D<sub>s</sub></i><SUP>±</SUP> production asymmetry in <i>pp</i> collisions at √<i>s</i>=7 and 8 TeV



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albicocco, P, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Alfonso Albero, A
et al (show 779 more authors) (2018) Measurement of <i>D<sub>s</sub></i><SUP>±</SUP> production asymmetry in <i>pp</i> collisions at √<i>s</i>=7 and 8 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 08 (8). 008-.

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Abstract

The inclusive $D_s^{\pm}$ production asymmetry is measured in $pp$ collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s} =7$ and 8 TeV. Promptly produced $D_s^{\pm}$ mesons are used, which decay as $D_s^{\pm}\to\phi\pi^{\pm}$, with $\phi\to K^+K^-$. The measurement is performed in bins of transverse momentum, $p_{\rm T}$, and rapidity, $y$, covering the range $2.5<p_{\rm T}<25.0$ GeV$/c$ and $2.0<y<4.5$. No kinematic dependence is observed. Evidence of nonzero $D_s^{\pm}$ production asymmetry is found with a significance of 3.3 standard deviations.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Charm physics, Forward physics, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Heavy quark production, QCD
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2018 10:32
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2023 00:21
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2018)008
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3029295