Measurement of the B c − meson production fraction and asymmetry in 7 and 13 TeV p p collisions
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The LHCb Collaboration
Boettcher, Thomas Julian
Craik, Daniel C
Weisser, Constantin
Williams, Michael
Date Issued
2019
Journal
Physical Review D
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Final published version
Abstract
The production fraction of the $B_c^-$ meson with respect to the sum of $B^-$
and $\bar{B}^0$ mesons is measured in both 7 and 13 TeV center-of-mass energy
$pp$ collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), using the LHCb
detector. The rate, approximately 3.7 per mille, does not change with energy,
but shows a transverse momentum dependence. The $B_c^- - B_c^+$ production
asymmetry is also measured, and is consistent with zero within the determined
statistical and systematic uncertainties of a few percent.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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DOI of Published Version
10.1103/PHYSREVD.100.112006
