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Charm production and fragmentation fractions at midrapidity in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV
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Acharya, S.Adamová, D.Aglieri Rinella, G.Agnello, M.Agrawal, N.Ahammed, Z.Ahmad, S.Ahn, S. U.Ahuja, I.Akindinov, A.Al-Turany, M.Aleksandrov, D.Alessandro, B.Alfanda, H. M.Alfaro Molina, R.Ali, B.Alici, A.Alizadehvandchali, N.Alkin, A.Alme, J.Alocco, G.Alt, T.Altamura, A. R.Altsybeev, I.Anaam, M. N.Andrei, C.Andreou, N.Andronic, A.Anguelov, V.Antinori, F.Antonioli, P.Apadula, N.Aphecetche, L.Appelshäuser, H.Arata, C.Arcelli, S.Aresti, M.Arnaldi, R.Arneiro, J. G. M. C. A.Arsene, I. C.Arslandok, M.Augustinus, A.Averbeck, R.Azmi, M. D.Baba, H.Badalà, A.Bae, J.Baek, Y. W.Bai, X.Bailhache, R.Bailung, Y.Bala, R.Balbino, A.Baldisseri, A.Balis, B.Banerjee, D.Banoo, Z.Barbera, R.Barile, F.Barioglio, L.Barlou, M.Barman, B.Barnaföldi, G. G.Barnby, L. S.Barret, V.Barreto, L.Bartels, C.Barth, K.Bartsch, E.Bastid, N.Basu, S.Batigne, G.Battistini, D.Batyunya, B.Bauri, D.Bazo Alba, J. L.Bearden, I. G.Beattie, C.Becht, P.Behera, D.Belikov, I.Bell Hechavarria, A. D. 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Source
Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(12)
Subject
Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Heavy Quark Production
QCD
Language
English
ISSN
1029-8479
Abstract
Abstract: Measurements of the production cross sections of prompt D0, D+, D*+, Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯, Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯, and Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ charm hadrons at midrapidity in proton-proton collisions at Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ = 13 TeV with the ALICE detector are presented. The D-meson cross sections as a function of transverse momentum (pT) are provided with improved precision and granularity. The ratios of pT-differential meson production cross sections based on this publication and on measurements at different rapidity and collision energy provide a constraint on gluon parton distribution functions at low values of Bjorken-x (10−5–10−4). The measurements of Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ (Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯) baryon production extend the measured pT intervals down to pT = 0(3) GeV/c. These measurements are used to determine the charm-quark fragmentation fractions and the Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ production cross section at midrapidity (|y| < 0.5) based on the sum of the cross sections of the weakly-decaying ground-state charm hadrons D0, D+, Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯, Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯, Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ and, for the first time, Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯, and of the strongly-decaying J/ψ mesons. The first measurements of Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ and Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ fragmentation fractions at midrapidity are also reported. A significantly larger fraction of charm quarks hadronising to baryons is found compared to e+e and ep collisions. The Ds+Λc+Ξc+sΛc+Ξc+cc¯Ds+Λc+Ξc0Ξc+Ξc+Σc0,++cc¯ production cross section at midrapidity is found to be at the upper bound of state-of-the-art perturbative QCD calculations.