Abstract
The production of K S 0 mesons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 0.9 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The luminosity of the analysed sample is determined using a novel technique, involving measurements of the beam currents, sizes and positions, and is found to be 6.8±1.0 μb -1. The differential prompt K S 0 production cross-section is measured as a function of the KS0 transverse momentum and rapidity in the region 0<pT<1.6 GeV/c and 2.5<y<4.0. The data are found to be in reasonable agreement with previous measurements and generator expectations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-80 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
Volume | 693 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. The valuable contribution of J.-J. Gras (CERN) to the analysis of the LHC beam current measurements is gratefully acknowledged. We thank the technical and administrative staff at CERN and at the LHCb institutes, and acknowledge support from the National Agencies: CAPES , CNPq , FAPERJ and FINEP (Brazil); CERN ; NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , HGF and MPG (Germany); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); FOM and NWO (Netherlands); SCSR (Poland); ANCS (Romania); MinES of Russia and Rosatom (Russia); MICINN , XUNGAL and GENCAT (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NAS Ukraine (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); NSF (USA). We also acknowledge the support received from the ERC under FP7 and the Région Auvergne .
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics