Title

Prompt K_short Production in pp Collisions at sqrt(s)=0.9 TeV

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Raymond Mountain, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Marina Artuso, Syracuse UniversityFollow
S. Blusk, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Alessandra Borgia, Syracuse UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date

9-15-2010

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

The production of K_short mesons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 0.9 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The luminosity of the analysed sample is determined using a novel technique, involving measurements of the beam currents, sizes and positions, and is found to be 6.8 +/- 1.0 microbarn^-1. The differential prompt K_short production cross-section is measured as a function of the K_short transverse momentum and rapidity in the region 0 < pT < 1.6 GeV/c and 2.5 < y < 4.0. The data are found to be in reasonable agreement with previous measurements and generator expectations.

Additional Information

6+18 pages, 6 figures, updated author list More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3105

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Recommended Citation

Mountain, Raymond; Artuso, Marina; Blusk, S.; and Borgia, Alessandra, "Prompt K_short Production in pp Collisions at sqrt(s)=0.9 TeV" (2010). Physics - All Scholarship. 388.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/388

Source

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