Published 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy dependent forward BJ/ψ measurements in p+p collisions at PHENIX

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Description

The heavy flavor studies at RHIC help improve the knowledge of the bottom/charm quark production and can test Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Compared to the LHC/Tevatron, the RHIC heavy flavor production originates from different partonic sub-processes and has a complementary kinematic coverage. The PHENIX forward rapidity silicon vertex detector (FVTX) provides precise determination of the event vertex, tracking and the Distance of Closest Approach (DCA) of charged tracks. This detector allows direct access to the B meson production via measurements of non-prompt J/ψ→μ+- within 1.2<|y|<2.2 rapidity in p+p collisions at √s= 510 and 200 GeV. Comparison among PHENIX measurements of the B→J/ψ fraction with integrated J/ψ pT up to 5 GeV/c and higher energy results at the Tevatron and the LHC presents a smooth center of mass energy dependence from 0.2 to 13 TeV in p+p (p+p¯) collisions. The Next-To-Leading order Perturbative QCD (NLO pQCD) calculations are in reasonable agreement with the extracted total bb¯ cross section based on the B→J/ψ fraction measurements at PHENIX.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1565841; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1565841; DOE Accepted Manuscript full text, or the publishers Best Available Version will be available free of charge after the embargo period

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pos Proceedings of Science
Journal Volume
297
Journal Page Range
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ISSN
1824-8039

Conference

Title
25. International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects
Dates
3-7 Apr 2017
Place
Birmingham (United Kingdom)

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