The bb̄ production cross section and angular correlations in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV

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Abstract

We present measurements of the bb̄ production cross section and angular correlations using the DO detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp̄ Collider operating at √s = 1.8 TeV. The b quark production cross section for |y(b)| < 1.0 and p(T)/b > 6 GeV/c is extracted from single muon and dimuon data samples. The results agree in shape with the next-to-leading order QCD calculation of heavy flavor production but are greater than the central values of these predictions. The angular correlations between b and b̄ quarks, measured from the azimuthal opening angle between their decay muons, also agree in shape with the next-to-leading order QCD prediction. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)264-272
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume487
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 17 2000
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank the staffs at Fermilab and at collaborating institutions for contributions to this work, and acknowledge support from the Department of Energy and National Science Foundation (USA), Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique and CNRS/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (France), Ministry for Science and Technology and Ministry for Atomic Energy (Russia), CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), Departments of Atomic Energy and Science and Education (India), Colciencias (Colombia), CONACyT (Mexico), Ministry of Education and KOSEF (Korea), CONICET and UBACyT (Argentina), A.P. Sloan Foundation, and the Humboldt Foundation.

FundersFunder number
Departments of Atomic Energy and Science and Education (India), Colciencias
Ministry for Atomic Energy
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Ministry of Science and Technology
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Ministry of Education
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

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