Inclusive b-hadron production cross section with muons in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

Volker Adler, Stephanie Beauceron, Freya Blekman, Stijn Blyweert, Jorgen D'Hondt, Olivier Devroede, Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, Alexis Kalogeropoulos, Joris Maes, Michael Maes, Stefaan Tavernier, Walter Van Doninck, Petra Van Mulders, Gerrit Van Onsem, Ilaria Villella

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A measurement of the b-hadron production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is presented. The dataset, corresponding to 85 inverse nanobarns, was recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC using a low-threshold single-muon trigger. Events are selected by the presence of a muon with transverse momentum greater than 6 GeV with respect to the beam direction and pseudorapidity less than 2.1. The transverse momentum of the muon with respect to the closest jet discriminates events containing b hadrons from background. The inclusive b-hadron production cross section is presented as a function of muon transverse momentum and pseudorapidity. The measured total cross section in the kinematic acceptance is sigma(pp to b+X to mu + X') =1.32 +/- 0.01 (stat) +/- 0.30 (syst) +/- 0.15 (lumi) microbarns.
Originele taal-2English
Artikelnummer90
Pagina's (van-tot)1-28
Aantal pagina's29
TijdschriftJHEP
Volume2011
Nummer van het tijdschrift3
StatusPublished - mrt 2011

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