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Production measurements at LHCb with the first data

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2009-10-01 v1

Abstract

We report on the perspective measurements of inclusive particle production in high-energy p-p collisions with data to be collected by the LHCb experiment at CERN's LHC. These include V0 and D meson production studies, which can be based on a minimum bias sample, as well as charmonia production studies, which need a muon-triggered samples. Using reconstructed J/ψμ+μJ/\psi \to \mu^+ \mu^- decays, both the prompt J/ψJ/\psi and bJ/ψb\to J/\psi production cross-sections will be determined, in the forward pseudo-rapidity range of 2-5 covered by LHCb. Due to the large production rate, such analyses will be possible with very small integrated luminosities of the order of a few pb1\mathrm{pb}^{-1}. Other charmonia related measurements will also be discussed, such as that of the J/ψJ/\psi polarization at production or of the production of some of the new X, Y and Z states.

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@article{arxiv.0909.5596,
  title  = {Production measurements at LHCb with the first data},
  author = {Francesco Dettori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5596},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

To be published in the proceedings of DPF-2009, Detroit, MI, July 2009, eConf C090726

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