First Measurement of Charm Production in its Fixed-Target Configuration at the LHC

LHCb Collaboration

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Abstract

The first measurement of heavy-flavor production by the LHCb experiment in its fixed-target mode is presented. The production of J/ψ and D0 mesons is studied with beams of protons of different energies colliding with gaseous targets of helium and argon with nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energies of sNN=86.6 and 110.4 GeV, respectively. The J/ψ and D0 production cross sections in pHe collisions in the rapidity range [2, 4.6] are found to be σJ/ψ=652±33(stat)±42(syst) nb/nucleon and σD0=80.8±2.4(stat)±6.3(syst) μb/nucleon, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. No evidence for a substantial intrinsic charm content of the nucleon is observed in the large Bjorken-x region.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number132002
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume122
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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