Observation of gamma(1S) pair production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
Pair production of Y(1S) mesons is observed at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at s√=8 TeV by the CMS experiment in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.7 fb−1. Both Y(1S) candidates are fully reconstructed via their decays to μ+μ−. The fiducial acceptance region is defined by an absolute Y(1S) rapidity smaller than 2.0. The fiducial cross section for the production of Y(1S) pairs, assuming that both mesons decay isotropically, is measured to be 68.8±12.7 (stat)±7.4 (syst)±2.8 (B) pb, where the third uncertainty comes from the uncertainty in the branching fraction of Y(1S) decays to μ+μ−. Assuming instead that the Y(1S) mesons are produced with different polarizations leads to variations in the measured cross section in the range from −38% to +36%.
Date Issued
2017-05-03
Date Acceptance
2017-04-25
Citation
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017, 2017 (5)
ISSN
1126-6708
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2017
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Quarkonium
DOUBLE PARTON SCATTERINGS
HADRONIC PRODUCTION
SMALL-X
QCD
QUARKONIUM
COHERENCE
MESON
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 013