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Measurement of the b(b)over-bar production cross section in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions

Abt, I ; Abyzov, A ; Adams, M ; Albrecht, H ; Amaral, V ; Amorim, A ; Aplin, SJ ; Arefiev, A ; Arino, I and Atiya, M , et al. (2003) In European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields 26(3). p.345-355
Abstract
Using the HERA-B detector, the b (b) over bar production cross section has been measured in 920 GeV proton collisions on carbon and titanium targets. The b (b) over bar production was tagged via inclusive bottom quark decays into J/psi by exploiting the longitudinal separation of J/psi --> l(+)l(-) decay vertices from the primary proton-nucleus interaction. Both e(+)e(-) and mu(+)mu(-) channels have been reconstructed and the combined analysis yields the cross section sigma(b (b) over bar) = 32(-12)(+14)(stat) (+6)(-7)(sys) nb/nucleon.
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European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields
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1434-6044
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10.1140/epjc/s2002-01071-8
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English
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  issn         = {{1434-6044}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{345--355}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields}},
  title        = {{Measurement of the b(b)over-bar production cross section in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2002-01071-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1140/epjc/s2002-01071-8}},
  volume       = {{26}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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