Title

Measurement of the Inclusive phi Cross-Section in pp Collisions at Sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Raymond Mountain, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Marina Artuso, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYFollow
S. Blusk, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYFollow
Alessandra Borgia, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYFollow

Document Type

Article

Date

7-20-2011

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

The cross-section for inclusive phi meson production in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV has been measured with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The differential cross-section is measured as a function of the phi transverse momentum p_T and rapidity y in the region 0.6 < p_T < 5.0 GeV/c and 2.44 < y < 4.06. The cross-section for inclusive phi production in this kinematic range is sigma(pp -> phi X) = 1758 pm 19(stat) ^{+43}_{-14}(syst) pm 182(scale) microbarn, where the first systematic uncertainty depends on the p_T and y region and the second is related to the overall scale. Predictions based on the Pythia 6.4 generator underestimate the cross-section.

Additional Information

10 pages, 2 figures More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3935

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Recommended Citation

Mountain, Raymond; Artuso, Marina; Blusk, S.; and Borgia, Alessandra, "Measurement of the Inclusive phi Cross-Section in pp Collisions at Sqrt(s) = 7 TeV" (2011). Physics - All Scholarship. 371.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/371

Source

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