Measurement of prompt J/ψ and beauty hadron production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ TeV
Authors:   The ALICE Collaboration, Abelev Betty , Adam Jaroslav , Adamova Dagmar , Adare Andrew Marshall , Aggarwal Madan , Rinella Gianluca Aglieri , Agocs Andras Gabor , Agostinelli Andrea , Salazar Saul Aguilar , Ahammed Zubayer , Ahmad Arshad , Ahmad Nazeer , Ahn Sul-Ah , Ahn Sang Un , Akindinov Alexander , Aleksandrov Dmitry , Alessandro Bruno , Molina Jose Ruben Alfaro , Alici Andrea , Alkin Anton , Avina Erick Jonathan Almaraz , Alme Johan , Alt Torsten , Altini Valerio , Altinpinar Sedat , Altsybeev Igor , Andrei Cristian , Andronic Anton , Anguelov Venelin , Anielski Jonas , Anson Christopher Daniel , Anticic Tome , Antinori Federico , Antonioli Pietro , Aphecetche Laurent Bernard , Appelshauser Harald , Arbor Nicolas , Arcelli Silvia , Arend Andreas , Armesto Nestor , Arnaldi Roberta , Aronsson Tomas Robert , Arsene Ionut Cristian , Arslandok Mesut , Asryan Andzhey , Augustinus Andre , Averbeck Ralf Peter , Awes Terry , Aysto Juha Heikki , Azmi Mohd Danish , Bach Matthias Jakob , Badala Angela , Baek Yong Wook , Bailhache Raphaelle Marie , Bala Renu , Ferroli Rinaldo Baldini , Baldisseri Alberto , Baldit Alain , Dos Santos Pedrosa Fernando Baltasar , Ban Jaroslav , Baral Rama Chandra , Barbera Roberto , Barile Francesco , Barnafoldi Gergely Gabor , Barnby Lee Stuart , Barret Valerie , Bartke Jerzy Gustaw , Basile Maurizio , Bastid Nicole , Basu Sumit , Bathen Bastian , Batigne Guillaume , Batyunya Boris , Baumann Christoph Heinrich , Bearden Ian Gardner , Beck Hans , Behera Nirbhay Kumar , Belikov Iouri , Bellini Francesca , Bellwied Rene , Belmont-Moreno Ernesto , Bencedi Gyula , Beole Stefania , Berceanu Ionela , Bercuci Alexandru , Berdnikov Yaroslav , Berenyi Daniel , Bergognon Anais Annick Erica , Berzano Dario , Betev Latchezar , Bhasin Anju , Bhati Ashok Kumar , Bhom Jihyun , Bianchi Livio , Bianchi Nicola , Bianchin Chiara , Bielcik Jaroslav , Bielcikova Jana , Bilandzic Ante , Bjelogrlic Sandro , Blanco F. , Blanco Francesco , Blau Dmitry , Blume Christoph , Boccioli Marco , Bock Nicolas , Boettger Stefan , Bogdanov Alexey , Boggild Hans , Bogolyubsky Mikhail , Boldizsar Laszlo , Bombara Marek , Book Julian , Borel Herve , Borissov Alexander , Bose Suvendu Nath , Bossu Francesco , Botje Michiel , Boyer Bruno Alexandre , Braidot Ermes , Braun-Munzinger Peter , Bregant Marco , Breitner Timo Gunther , Browning Tyler Allen , Broz Michal , Brun Rene , Bruna Elena , Bruno Giuseppe Eugenio , Budnikov Dmitry , Buesching Henner , Bufalino Stefania , Bugaiev Kyrylo , Busch Oliver , Buthelezi Edith Zinhle , Orduna Diego Caballero , Caffarri Davide , Cai Xu , Caines Helen Louise , Villar Ernesto Calvo , Camerini Paolo , Roman Veronica Canoa , Romeo Giovanni Cara , Carena Francesco , Carena Wisla , Filho Nelson Carlin , Carminati Federico , Montoya Camilo Andres Carrillo , Diaz Amaya Ofelia Casanova , Castellanos Javier Ernesto Castillo , Hernandez Juan Francisco Castillo , Casula Ester Anna Rita , Catanescu Vasile , Cavicchioli Costanza , Sanchez Cesar Ceballos , Cepila Jan , Cerello Piergiorgio , Chang Beomsu , Chapeland Sylvain , Charvet Jean-Luc Fernand , Chattopadhyay Subhasis , Chattopadhyay Sukalyan , Chawla Isha , Cherney Michael Gerard , Cheshkov Cvetan , Cheynis Brigitte , Barroso Vasco Miguel Chibante , Chinellato David , Chochula Peter , Chojnacki Marek , Choudhury Subikash , Christakoglou Panagiotis , Christensen Christian Holm , Christiansen Peter , Chujo Tatsuya , Chung Suh-Urk , Cicalo Corrado , Cifarelli Luisa , Cindolo Federico , Cleymans Jean Willy Andre , Coccetti Fabrizio , Colamaria Fabio , Colella Domenico , Balbastre Gustavo Conesa , del Valle Zaida Conesa , Constantin Paul , Contin Giacomo , Contreras Jesus Guillermo , Cormier Thomas Michael , Morales Yasser Corrales , Cortese Pietro , Maldonado Ismael Cortes , Cosentino Mauro Rogerio , Costa Filippo , Cotallo Manuel Enrique , Crescio Elisabetta , Crochet Philippe , Alaniz Emilia Cruz , Cuautle Eleazar , Cunqueiro Leticia , Dainese Andrea , Dalsgaard Hans Hjersing , Danu Andrea , Das Debasish , Das Indranil , Das Kushal , Dash Sadhana , Dash Ajay Kumar , De Sudipan , de Barros Gabriel , De Caro Annalisa , de Cataldo Giacinto , de Cuveland Jan , De Falco Alessandro , De Gruttola Daniele , Delagrange Hugues , Deloff Andrzej , Demanov Vyacheslav , De Marco Nora , Denes Ervin , De Pasquale Salvatore , Deppman Airton , D’Erasmo Ginevra , de Rooij Raoul Stefan , Corchero Miguel Angel Diaz , Di Bari Domenico , Di Giglio Carmelo , Dietel Thomas , Di Liberto Sergio , Di Mauro Antonio , Di Nezza Pasquale , Divia Roberto , Djuvsland Oeystein , Dobrin Alexandru Florin , Dobrowolski Tadeusz Antoni , Dominguez Isabel , Donigus Benjamin , Dordic Olja , Driga Olga , Dubey Anand Kumar , Ducroux Laurent , Dupieux Pascal , Majumdar Mihir Ranjan Dutta , Majumdar A. 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Zichichi Antonino , Zimmermann Alice , Zinovjev Gennady , Zoccarato Yannick Denis , Zynovyev Mykhaylo , Zyzak Maksym 
Published: November 2012

Abstract

The ALICE experiment at the LHC has studied J/ψproduction at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at$ \sqrt{s}=7 $TeV through its electron pair decay on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosityLint= 5.6 nb−1. The fraction of J/ψfrom the decay of long-lived beauty hadrons was determined for J/ψcandidates with transverse momentumpt>1.3 GeV/cand rapidity |y|<0.9. The cross section for prompt J/ψmesons, i.e. directly produced J/ψand prompt decays of heavier charmonium states such as theψ(2S) and χcresonances, is σprompt J/ψ(pt>1.3 GeV/c,|y|<0.9) = 8.3 ± 0.8 (stat.) ± 1.1 (syst.)$ _{-1.4}^{+1.5 } $(syst.pol.)μb. The cross section for the production of b-hadrons decaying to J/ψwithpt>1.3 GeV/cand |y|<0.9 is$ {\sigma_{{{J \left/ {{\psi \leftarrow {{\mathrm{h}}_{\mathrm{B}}}}} \right.}}}} $(pt> 1.3 GeV/c, |y| < 0.9) = 1.46 ± 0.38 (stat.)$ _{-0.32}^{+0.26 } $(syst.)μb. The results are compared to QCD model predictions. The shape of theptandydistributions of b-quarks predicted by perturbative QCD model calculations are used to extrapolate the measured cross section to derive the$ \mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}} $pair total cross section and dσ/dyat mid-rapidity.