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Non-prompt $\mathrm{J}/\psi$ production in proton-proton collisions with ALICE

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2024-03-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi production in high-energy hadronic collisions is sensitive to both perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) calculations. The production of a heavy-quark pair is well-described by perturbative QCD, whereas the formation of the bound state involves non-perturbative processes, treated in different ways by various available theoretical models. ALICE can measure inclusive J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi at both forward and midrapidity down to low pT{p_{\rm T}} and the prompt and non-prompt J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi separation can be performed at midrapidity. The study of the production of non-prompt J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi originating from the decay of beauty hadrons, besides allowing to isolate the prompt J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi cross section from the inclusive J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi cross section, can be used to estimate open beauty-hadron production. Heavy-flavour particle production in pp collisions as a function of charged-particle multiplicity can provide insight into the processes occuring in the collision at the partonic level, as well as the interplay between the hard and soft mechanisms in particle production.

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@article{arxiv.2401.00868,
  title  = {Non-prompt $\mathrm{J}/\psi$ production in proton-proton collisions with ALICE},
  author = {Wenda Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.00868},
  year   = {2024}
}

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a special contribution to ISMD 2023