Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2537 - 2541 (1993)

Inclusive χc and b-quark production in p¯p collisions at √s =1.8 TeV

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F. Abe et al.
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Received 21 May 1993

We report the full reconstruction of χc mesons through the decay chain χcJ/ψ γ, J/ψ→μ+μ-, using data obtained at the Collider Detector at Fermilab in 2.6±0.2 pb-1 of p¯p collisions at √s =1.8 TeV. This exclusive χc sample is used to measure the χc-meson production cross section times branching fractions. We obtain σ×B=3.2±0.4(stat)-1.1+1.2(syst) nb for χc mesons decaying to J/ψ with pT>6.0 GeV/c and pseudorapidity ‖η‖<0.5. From this and the inclusive J/ψ cross section we calculate the inclusive b-quark cross section to be 12.0±4.5 μb for pTb>8.5 GeV/c and ‖yb‖<1.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2537
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2537
PACS: 13.85.Ni, 14.40.Gx, 14.80.Dq

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