Allbrooke, B M M, Asquith, L, Cerri, A, Chavez Barajas, C A, De Santo, A, Salvatore, F, Santoyo Castillo, I, Suruliz, K, Sutton, M R, Vivarelli, I and The ATLAS Collaboration, (2017) Measurement of the prompt J/ψ pair production cross-section in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 77 (2). a76. ISSN 1434-6044

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Abstract

The production of two prompt J/ψ mesons, each with transverse momenta pT > 8.5 GeV and rapidity |y| < 2.1, is studied using a sample of proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 11.4 fb−1 collected in 2012 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The differential cross-section, assuming unpolarised J/ψ production, is measured as a function of the transverse momentum of the lower-pT J/ψ meson, di-J/ψ pT and mass, the difference in rapidity between the two J/ψ mesons, and the azimuthal angle between the two J/ψ mesons. The fraction of prompt pair events due to double parton scattering is determined by studying kinematic correlations between the two J/ψ mesons. The total and double parton scattering cross-sections are compared with predictions. The effective cross-section of double parton scattering is measured to be σeff = 6.3 ± 1.6(stat) ± 1.0(syst) mb.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Billy Wichaidit
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2017 15:46
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2017 16:43
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/69248

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