Measurement of the b-hadron production cross section using decays to D*[superscript +]μ[superscript −]X final states in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
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Taylor, Frank E.
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The b-hadron production cross section is measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV, using 3.3 pb[superscript −1] of integrated luminosity, collected during the 2010 LHC run. The b-hadrons are selected by partially reconstructing D*[superscript +]μ[superscript −]X final states. Differential cross sections are measured as functions of the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity. The measured production cross section for a b-hadron with p[subscript T] > 9 GeV and |η| < 2.5 is 32.7 ± 0.8(stat.)[+4.5 over −6.8](syst.) μb, higher than the next-to-leading-order QCD predictions but consistent within the experimental and theoretical uncertainties.
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2012-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Nuclear Physics B
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Elsevier
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Aad, G., B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, A.A. Abdelalim, O. Abdinov, B. Abi, et al. “Measurement of the b-Hadron Production Cross Section Using Decays to D*[superscript +]μ[superscript −]X Final States in Pp Collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.” Nuclear Physics B 864, no. 3 (November 2012): 341–381.
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05503213
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