MEASUREMENT OF THE BETA-MESON AND B-QUARK CROSS-SECTIONS AT ROOT-S = 1.8 TEV USING THE EXCLUSIVE DECAY BETA+/--]J/PSI-KAPPA+/-

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作者
ABE, F
AMIDEI, D
APOLLINARI, G
ATAC, M
AUCHINCLOSS, P
BADEN, AR
BACCHETTA, N
BAILEY, MW
BAMBERGER, A
DEBARBARO, P
BARNETT, BA
BARBAROGALTIERI, A
BARNES, VE
BAUMANN, T
BEDESCHI, F
BEHRENDS, S
BELFORTE, S
BELLETTINI, G
BELLINGER, J
BENJAMIN, D
BENSINGER, J
BERETVAS, A
BERGE, JP
BERTOLUCCI, S
BHADRA, S
BINKLEY, M
BISELLO, D
BLAIR, R
BLOCKER, C
BODEK, A
BOLOGNESI, V
BOOTH, AW
BOSWELL, C
BRANDENBURG, G
BROWN, D
BUCKLEYGEER, E
BUDD, HS
BUSETTO, G
BYONWAGNER, A
BYRUM, KL
CAMPAGNARI, C
CAMPBELL, M
CANER, A
CAREY, R
CARITHERS, W
CARLSMITH, D
CARROLL, JT
CASHMORE, R
CASTRO, A
CERVELLI, F
机构
[1] BRANDEIS UNIV,WALTHAM,MA 02254
[2] UNIV CHICAGO,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[3] FERMI NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[4] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[5] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[6] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[7] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL FRASCATI,FRASCATI,ITALY
[9] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[10] NATL LAB HIGH ENERGY PHYS,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[11] UNIV PENN,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[12] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[13] UNIV PADUA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[14] UNIV PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[15] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[16] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[17] UNIV TSUKUBA,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 30031,JAPAN
[18] TEXAS A&I UNIV,KINGSVILLE,TX 78363
[19] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,PISA,ITALY
[20] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10021
[21] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[22] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08903
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3403
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
This Letter reports the full reconstruction of B mesons through the decay chain B +/- --> J/psi-K +/-, J/psi --> mu+-mu-, using data obtained at thc Collider Detector at Fermilab in ppBAR collisions at square-root s = 1.8 TeV. This exclusive sample, the first observed at a hadron collider, is then used to measure the B-meson cross section, from which we extract the b-quark cross section. We obtain sigma = 2.8 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 1.1 (syst) mu-b for B- mesons with P(T) > 9.0 GeV/c and rapidity \y\ < 1.0. We obtain sigma = 6.1 +/- 1.9(stat) +/- 2.4(syst) mu-b for b quarks with transverse momentum P(T) > 11.5 GeV/c and rapidity \y\ < 1.0.
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页码:3403 / 3407
页数:5
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