Measurement of D*±, D± and Ds ± meson production cross sections in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Summary, in English

The production of D*±, D± and Ds ± charmed mesons has been measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at s=7 TeV at the LHC, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 280 nb-1. The charmed mesons have been reconstructed in the range of transverse momentum 3.5<pT(D)<100 GeV and pseudorapidity |η(D)|<2.1. The differential cross sections as a function of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity were measured for D*± and D± production. The next-to-leading-order QCD predictions are consistent with the data in the visible kinematic region within the large theoretical uncertainties. Using the visible D cross sections and an extrapolation to the full kinematic phase space, the strangeness-suppression factor in charm fragmentation, the fraction of charged non-strange D mesons produced in a vector state, and the total cross section of charm production at s√=7 TeV were derived. © 2016 The Authors.

• Author: G Aad; B. Abbott; J Abdallah; O Abdinov; R Aben; M Abolins; Torsten Åkesson; Simona Bocchetta; LENE BRYNGEMARK; Anders Floderus; Anthony Hawkins; Vincent Hedberg; Jenny Ivarsson; Göran Jarlskog; Else Lytken; Ulf Mjörnmark; Oxana Smirnova; Oleksandr Viazlo
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
• Publishing year: 2016
• Language: English
• Pages: 717-763
• Publication/Series: Nuclear Physics B
• Volume: 907
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.04.032
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: North-Holland
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0550-3213