Title
Measurement of BB̄ angular correlations based on secondary vertex reconstruction at √s = 7 TeV
Date Issued
06 October 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Khachatryan V.
Sirunyan A.M.
Tumasyan A.
Adam W.
Bergauer T.
Dragicevic M.
Erö J.
Fabjan C.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Hammer J.
Hänsel S.
Hartl C.
Hoch M.
Hörmann N.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
Kasieczka G.
Kiesenhofer W.
Krammer M.
Liko D.
Mikulec I.
Pernicka M.
Rohringer H.
Schöfbeck R.
Strauss J.
Taurok A.
Teischinger F.
Wagner P.
Waltenberger W.
Walzel G.
Widl E.
Wulz C.E.
Mossolov V.
Shumeiko N.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
Benucci L.
Cerny K.
De Wolf E.A.
Janssen X.
Maes T.
Mucibello L.
Ochesanu S.
Roland B.
Rougny R.
Selvaggi M.
Van Haevermaet H.
Van Mechelen P.
Van Remortel N.
Beauceron S.
Blekman F.
Blyweert S.
D'Hondt J.
Devroede O.
Gonzalez Suarez R.
Kalogeropoulos A.
Maes J.
Maes M.
Tavernier S.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Van Onsem G.P.
Villella I.
Charaf O.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Dero V.
Gay A.P.R.
Hammad G.H.
Hreus T.
Marage P.E.
Thomas L.
Vander Velde C.
Vanlaer P.
Wickens J.
Adler V.
Costantini S.
Grunewald M.
Klein B.
Marinov A.
McCartin J.
Ryckbosch D.
Thyssen F.
Tytgat M.
Vanelderen L.
Verwilligen P.
Walsh S.
Zaganidis N.
Basegmez S.
Bruno G.
Caudron J.
Ceard L.
De Favereau De Jeneret J.
Delaere C.
Demin P.
Favart D.
Giammanco A.
Grégoire G.
Hollar J.
Abstract
A measurement of the angular correlations between beauty and anti-beauty hadrons (BB̄) produced in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the CERN LHC is presented, probing for the first time the region of small angular separation. The B hadrons are identified by the presence of displaced secondary vertices from their decays. The B hadron angular separation is reconstructed from the decay vertices and the primaryinteraction vertex. The differential BB̄ production cross section, measured from a data sample collected by CMS and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.1 pb -1, shows that a sizable fraction of the BB̄ pairs are produced with small opening angles. These studies provide a test of QCD and further insight into the dynamics of bb̄ production.
Volume
2011
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física Física nuclear
Subjects
DOI
10.1007/JHEP03(2011)136
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-80053400657
Source
Journal of High Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
10298479
Sponsor(s)
Science and Technology Facilities Council - GRIDPP, PP/E002722/1, ST/F006748/1, ST/F007094/1, ST/G502347/1, ST/G502412/1, ST/H00081X/2, ST/I000410/1, ST/I002200/1, ST/I002839/1, ST/I005912/1, ST/I505572/1. Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung - 123501.
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