Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2011-11-09
Phys. Rev. D 85, 032008 (2012)
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
28 pages, 12 figures, version accepted for publication in Physical Review D, few more detailed explanations on analysis method
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.85.032008
Measurements of $b$ hadron production ratios in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 3 pb$^{-1}$ are presented. We study the ratios of strange $B$ meson to light $B$ meson production $f_s/(f_u+f_d)$ and $\Lambda_b^0$ baryon to light $B$ meson production $f_{\Lambda_b}/(f_u+f_d)$ as a function of the charmed hadron-muon pair transverse momentum $p_T$ and the $b$ hadron pseudorapidity $\eta$, for $p_T$ between 0 and 14 GeV and $\eta$ between 2 and 5. We find that $f_s/(f_u+f_d)$ is consistent with being independent of $p_{\rm T}$ and $\eta$, and we determine $f_s/(f_u+f_d)$ = 0.134$\pm$ 0.004 $^{+0.011}_{-0.010}$, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. The corresponding ratio $f_{\Lambda_b}/(f_u+f_d)$ is found to be dependent upon the transverse momentum of the charmed hadron-muon pair, $f_{\Lambda_b}/(f_u+f_d)=(0.404\pm 0.017 (stat) \pm 0.027 (syst) \pm 0.105 (Br))\times[1 -(0.031 \pm 0.004 (stat) \pm 0.003 (syst))\times p_T(GeV)]$, where Br reflects an absolute scale uncertainty due to the poorly known branching fraction Br(\Lambda_c^+ \to pK^-\pi^+)$. We extract the ratio of strange $B$ meson to light neutral $B$ meson production $f_s/f_d$ by averaging the result reported here with two previous measurements derived from the relative abundances of $\bar{B}_s \to D_S^+ \pi ^-$ to $\bar{B}^0 \to D^+K^-$ and $\bar{B}^0 \to D^+\pi^-$. We obtain $f_s/f_d=0.267^{+0.021}_{-0.020}$.
Aaij R.
Adeva B.
Adinolfi M.
Adrover C.
Affolder A.
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