Measurement of Bc+ Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at √[s]=8 TeV

Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Apr 3;114(13):132001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.132001. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

Abstract

Production of Bc+ mesons in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV is studied with data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0 fb-1 recorded by the LHCb experiment. The ratio of production cross sections times branching fractions between the Bc+→J/ψπ+ and B+→J/ψK+ decays is measured as a function of transverse momentum and rapidity in the regions 0<pT<20 GeV/c and 2.0<y<4.5. The ratio in this kinematic range is measured to be (0.683±0.018±0.009)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.