Prompt and non-prompt J/ψ production cross sections at midrapidity in proton-proton collisions at √s=5.02 and 13 TeV



Acharya, S, Adamova, D, Adler, A, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU, Ahuja, I
et al (show 1013 more authors) (2022) Prompt and non-prompt J/ψ production cross sections at midrapidity in proton-proton collisions at √s=5.02 and 13 TeV JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2022 (3). 190-. ISSN 1029-8479, 1029-8479

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Abstract

The production of J/ψ is measured at midrapidity (|y| < 0.9) in proton-proton collisions at s = 5.02 and 13 TeV, through the dielectron decay channel, using the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The data sets used for the analyses correspond to integrated luminosities of L<inf>int</inf> = 19.4 ± 0.4 nb<sup>−1</sup> and L<inf>int</inf> = 32.2 ± 0.5 nb<sup>−1</sup> at s = 5.02 and 13 TeV, respectively. The fraction of non-prompt J/ψ mesons, i.e. those originating from the decay of beauty hadrons, is measured down to a transverse momentum p<inf>T</inf> = 2 GeV/c (1 GeV/c) at s = 5.02 TeV (13 TeV). The p<inf>T</inf> and rapidity (y) differential cross sections, as well as the corresponding values integrated over p<inf>T</inf> and y, are carried out separately for prompt and non-prompt J/ψ mesons. The results are compared with measurements from other experiments and theoretical calculations based on quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The shapes of the p<inf>T</inf> and y distributions of beauty quarks predicted by state-of-the-art perturbative QCD models are used to extrapolate an estimate of the b b ¯ pair cross section at midrapidity and in the total phase space. The total b b ¯ cross sections are found to be σ<inf>b</inf><inf>b ¯</inf> = 541 ± 45 (stat.) ± 69 (syst.)−12+10 (extr.) μb and σ<inf>b</inf><inf>b ¯</inf> = 218±37 (stat.)±31 (syst.)−9.1+8.2 (extr.) μb at s = 13 and 5.02 TeV, respectively. The value obtained from the combination of ALICE and LHCb measurements in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV is also provided. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2022 14:27
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2026 07:34
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2022)190
Open Access URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP03(2...
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