Measurement of B meson production fraction ratios in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using open-charm and charmonium decays

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Authors: Aram Hayrapetyan, В. Макаренко, Armen Tumasyan, Wolfgang Adam, Janik Walter Andrejkovic, L. Benato, T. Bergauer, Marko Dragicevic, Cristina Giordano, Priya Sajid Hussain, Manfred Jeitler, Natascha Krammer
+88 more A. Li, Dietrich Liko, I. Mikulec, J. Schieck, Robert Schöfbeck, Dennis Schwarz, Maryam Shooshtari, M. Sonawane, Wolfgang Waltenberger, Claudia-Elisabeth Wulz, X. Janssen, H. Kwon, Daniel Ocampo Henao, T. Van Laer, Pierre Van Mechelen A, Jas Bierkens, Nordin Breugelmans, J. D’Hondt, Soumya Dansana, A. De Moor, Martin Delcourt, Felix Heyen, Y. Hong, Pavlo Kashko, S. Lowette, I Makarenko, Denise Müller, J Song, S. Tavernier, M G Tytgat, Gerrit Patrick Van Onsem, S. Van Putte, David Vannerom, B. Bilin, Barbara Clerbaux, Aloke Kumar Das, Isabelle De Bruyn, G. De Lentdecker, Hugues Evard, L. Favart, P. Gianneios, Ali Khalilzadeh, Fakhri Alam Khan, Andrea Malara, Muhammad Aamir Shahzad, Laurent Thomas, M. Vanden Bemden, Catherine Vander Velde, Pascal Vanlaer, Fengwangdong Zhang, M. De Coen, Didar Dobur, G. Gökbulut, J. Knolle, Luka Lambrecht, David Marckx, K. Skovpen, N. Van Den Bossche, J Van der linden, Vandenbroeck, Jules, Liam Wezenbeek, S. Bein, A. Benecke, Agni Bethani, G. Bruno, Alessandra Cappati, Jerome De Favereau De Jeneret, Christophe Delaere, Andrea Giammanco, Ahmet Oguz Guzel, Vincent Lemaître, Jindrich Lidrych, Paul Malek, Paola Mastrapasqua, S. Turkcapar, Gilvan Augusto Alves, M. Barroso Ferreira Filho, E. Coelho, C. Hensel, T. Menezes De Oliveira, Clemencia Mora Herrera, P. Rebello Teles, Mariana Soeiro, E. J. Tonelli Manganote, Antonio Vilela Pereira, W. L. Aldá Júnior, H. Brandao Malbouisson, Wagner Carvalho
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Abstract

Production fraction ratios of B$^+$, B$^0$, and B$^0_\mathrm{s}$ mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using a special data set recorded in 2018 with high-rate triggers designed to collect an unbiased sample of $10^{10}$ b hadrons with the CMS experiment at the LHC. These data allow the use of the open-charm decays of B mesons (B$_\mathrm{(s)}$$\to$$π$D$_\mathrm{(s)}$) where the D meson decays into fully hadronic final states. Production fraction ratios as functions of B meson transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{T}$) and rapidity ($y$) are measured using the open-charm decays in the kinematic range of 8 $\lt$$p_\mathrm{T}$$\lt$ 60 GeV and $\lvert y \rvert$$\lt$ 2.25. In addition, the same data are used to measure the relative production fraction ratios with the charmonium decay channels (B$_\mathrm{(s)}$$\to$ X$\,$J/$ψ$ with X indicating a K$^+$, K$^*$(892)$^0$, or $ϕ$(1020) meson) with the J/$ψ$ meson decaying into a pair of muons. By utilizing known branching fractions, precision theoretical calculations, and the open-charm results, the production fraction ratios in the charmonium samples are determined with an absolute normalization for the first time. These results also improve several world-average values of the ratios of branching fractions of B meson decays to charmonium and open-charm states. Finally, we test isospin invariance in B meson production in proton-proton collisions and observe that it holds within the experimental precision.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Particle Detector Development and Performance

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Journal / source
DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN