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Production asymmetries of $D^{\pm}$, $\Lambda_c^{+}/\Lambda_c^{-}$ and $\Lambda_b^0/\overline{\Lambda}_b^0$ at the LHC from heavy quark recombination mechanism

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-08-24 v1

Abstract

The asymmetry in the forward region production cross section of D±D^{\pm} is calculated using the heavy quark recombination mechanism for pppp collisions at 77~TeV. By suitable choices of four nonperturbative parameters, our calculated results can reproduce those obtained at LHCb. We find Ap1%A_p\sim-1\% when integrated over 2.0 GeV<pT<18 GeV2.0\textrm{ GeV}<p_T<18\textrm{ GeV} and 2.2<η<4.752.2<\eta<4.75, which agrees with Ap=0.96±0.26±0.18%A_p=-0.96\pm0.26\pm0.18\% as measured by LHCb. Furthermore, the calculated distributions in η\eta and pTp_T agree reasonably well with those obtained at LHCb. Using the heavy quark recombination mechanism, we also make predictions on the production asymmetries of Λc+/Λc\Lambda_c^{+}/\Lambda_c^{-} and Λb0/Λb0\Lambda_b^0/\overline{\Lambda}_b^0 for pppp collisions at 77~TeV and 1414~TeV in the forward region. We find that the integrated asymmetries for these Λ\Lambda baryons in the LHCb region are of the order of 13%\sim1-3\% and should be measurable.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05124,
  title  = {Production asymmetries of $D^{\pm}$, $\Lambda_c^{+}/\Lambda_c^{-}$ and $\Lambda_b^0/\overline{\Lambda}_b^0$ at the LHC from heavy quark recombination mechanism},
  author = {Wai Kin Lai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05124},
  year   = {2015}
}

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To be published in the proceedings of CHARM-2015, Detroit, MI, 18-22 May 2015