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Observation and measurements of the production of prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi$ mesons in association with a $Z$ boson in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
| dc.contributor.author | ATLAS collaboration (2818 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anjos, Nuno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Araque, Juan Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cantrill, Robert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carvalho, João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, Nuno Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conde Muiño, Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Da Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiolhais, Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Galhardo, Bruno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gomes, Agostinho | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonçalo, Ricardo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jorge, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lopes, Lourenco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Machado Miguens, Joana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maio, Amélia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maneira, José | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onofre, António | |
| dc.contributor.author | Palma, Alberto | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pedro, Rute | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pina, João Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pinto, Belmiro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santos, Helena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saraiva, João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, José | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tavares Delgado, Ademar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veloso, Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wolters, Helmut | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-04T05:40:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-04T05:40:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05-27 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-04T05:40:55Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The production of a $Z$ boson in association with a $J/\psi $ meson in proton–proton collisions probes the production mechanisms of quarkonium and heavy flavour in association with vector bosons, and allows studies of multiple parton scattering. Using $20.3\,\text {fb}^{-1}$ of data collected with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8\,\text {TeV}$ , the first measurement of associated $Z\, +\, J/\psi $ production is presented for both prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi $ production, with both signatures having a significance in excess of $5\sigma $ . The inclusive production cross-sections for $Z$ boson production (analysed in $\mu ^+\mu ^-$ or $e^+e^-$ decay modes) in association with prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi (\rightarrow \mu ^+\mu ^-)$ are measured relative to the inclusive production rate of $Z$ bosons in the same fiducial volume to be $(36.8\pm 6.7\pm 2.5)\, \times \, 10^{-7}$ and $(65.8\pm 9.2\pm 4.2)\, \times \, 10^{-7}$ respectively. Normalised differential production cross-section ratios are also determined as a function of the $\text {J}\uppsi $ transverse momentum. The fraction of signal events arising from single and double parton scattering is estimated, and a lower limit of $5.3\ (3.7)\,\text {mb}$ at $68\ (95) \%$ confidence level is placed on the effective cross-section regulating double parton interactions. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | Eur.Phys.J. C75 (2015) 229; DOI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3406-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3406-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26749 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Observation and measurements of the production of prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi$ mesons in association with a $Z$ boson in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |