Cross section for bb¯ production via dielectrons in d + Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV

Adare, A.; Aidala, C.; Ajitanand, N. N.; Akiba, Y.; Al-Bataineh, H.; Alexander, J.; Angerami, A.; Aoki, K.; Apadula, N.; Aramaki, Y.; Atomssa, E. T.; Averbeck, R.; Awes, T. C.; Azmoun, B.; Babintsev, V.; Bai, M.; Baksay, G.; Baksay, L.; Barish, K. N.; Bassalleck, B.; Basye, A. T.; Bathe, S.; Baublis, V.; Baumann, C.; Bazilevsky, A.; Belikov, S.; Belmont, R.; Bennett, R.; Bhom, J. H.; Blau, D. S.; Bok, J. S.; Boyle, K.; Brooks, M. L.; Buesching, H.; Bumazhnov, V.; Bunce, G.; Butsyk, S.; Campbell, S.; Caringi, A.; Chen, C. -H.; Chi, C. Y.; Chiu, M.; Choi, I. J.; Choi, J. B.; Choudhury, R. K.; Christiansen, P.; Chujo, T.; Chung, P.; Chvala, O.; Cianciolo, V.; Citron, Z.; Cole, B. A.; Conesa del Valle, Z.; Connors, M.; Csanád, M.; Csörgő, T.; Dahms, T.; Dairaku, S.; Danchev, I.; Das, K.; Datta, A.; David, G.; Dayananda, M. K.; Denisov, A.; Deshpande, A.; Desmond, E. J.; Dharmawardane, K. V.; Dietzsch, O.; Dion, A.; Donadelli, M.; Drapier, O.; Drees, A.; Drees, K. A.; Durham, J. M.; Durum, A.; Dutta, D.; D'Orazio, L.; Edwards, S.; Efremenko, Y. V.; Ellinghaus, F.; Engelmore, T.; Enokizono, A.; En'yo, H.; Esumi, S.; Fadem, B.; Fields, D. E.; Finger, M.; Finger, M.; Fleuret, F.; Fokin, S. L.; Fraenkel, Z.; Frantz, J. E.; Franz, A.; Frawley, A. D.; Fujiwara, K.; Fukao, Y.; Fusayasu, T.; Garishvili, I.; Glenn, A.; Gong, H.; Gonin, M.; Goto, Y.; Granier de Cassagnac, R.; Grau, N.; Greene, S. V.; Grim, G.; Grosse Perdekamp, M.; Gunji, T.; Gustafsson, H. -Å.; Haggerty, J. S.; Hahn, K. I.; Hamagaki, H.; Hamblen, J.; Han, R.; Hanks, J.; Haslum, E.; Hayano, R.; He, X.; Heffner, M.; Hemmick, T. K.; Hester, T.; Hill, J. C.; Hohlmann, M.; Holzmann, W.; Homma, K.; Hong, B.; Horaguchi, T.; Hornback, D.; Huang, S.; Ichihara, T.; Ichimiya, R.; Ikeda, Y.; Imai, K.; Inaba, M.; Isenhower, D.; Ishihara, M.; Issah, M.; Ivanischev, D.; Iwanaga, Y.; Jacak, B. V.; Jia, J.; Jiang, X.; Jin, J.; Johnson, B. M.; Jones, T.; Joo, K. S.; Jouan, D.; Jumper, D. S.; Kajihara, F.; Kamin, J.; Kang, J. H.; Kapustinsky, J.; Karatsu, K.; Kasai, M.; Kawall, D.; Kawashima, M.; Kazantsev, A. V.; Kempel, T.; Khanzadeev, A.; Kijima, K. M.; Kikuchi, J.; Kim, A.; Kim, B. I.; Kim, D. J.; Kim, E. -J.; Kim, Y. -J.; Kinney, E.; Kiss, Á.; Kistenev, E.; Kleinjan, D.; Kochenda, L.; Komkov, B.; Konno, M.; Koster, J.; Král, A.; Kravitz, A.; Kunde, G. J.; Kurita, K.; Kurosawa, M.; Kwon, Y.; Kyle, G. S.; Lacey, R.; Lai, Y. S.; Lajoie, J. G.; Lebedev, A.; Lee, D. M.; Lee, J.; Lee, K. B.; Lee, K. S.; Leitch, M. J.; Leite, M. A.  L.; Li, X.; Lichtenwalner, P.; Liebing, P.; Linden Levy, L. A.; Liška, T.; Liu, H.; Liu, M. X.; Love, B.; Lynch, D.; Maguire, C. F.; Makdisi, Y. I.; Malik, M. D.; Manko, V. I.; Mannel, E.; Mao, Y.; Masui, H.; Matathias, F.; McCumber, M.; McGaughey, P. L.; McGlinchey, D.; Means, N.; Meredith, B.; Miake, Y.; Mibe, T.; Mignerey, A. C.; Miki, K.; Milov, A.; Mitchell, J. T.; Mohanty, A. K.; Moon, H. J.; Morino, Y.; Morreale, A.; Morrison, D. P.; Moukhanova, T. V.; Murakami, T.; Murata, J.; Nagamiya, S.; Nagle, J. L.; Naglis, M.; Nagy, M. I.; Nakagawa, I.; Nakamiya, Y.; Nakamura, K. R.; Nakamura, T.; Nakano, K.; Nam, S.; Newby, J.; Nguyen, M.; Nihashi, M.; Nouicer, R.; Nyanin, A. S.; Oakley, C.; O'Brien, E.; Oda, S. X.; Ogilvie, C. A.; Oka, M.; Okada, K.; Onuki, Y.; Oskarsson, A.; Ouchida, M.; Ozawa, K.; Pak, R.; Pantuev, V.; Papavassiliou, V.; Park, I. H.; Park, S. K.; Park, W. J.; Pate, S. F.; Pei, H.; Peng, J. -C.; Pereira, H.; Peressounko, D. Yu.; Petti, R.; Pinkenburg, C.; Pisani, R. P.; Proissl, M.; Purschke, M. L.; Qu, H.; Rak, J.; Ravinovich, I.; Read, K. F.; Rembeczki, S.; Reygers, K.; Riabov, V.; Riabov, Y.; Richardson, E.; Roach, D.; Roche, G.; Rolnick, S. D.; Rosati, M.; Rosen, C. A.; Rosendahl, S. S.  E.; Ružička, P.; Sahlmueller, B.; Saito, N.; Sakaguchi, T.; Sakashita, K.; Samsonov, V.; Sano, S.; Sato, T.; Sawada, S.; Sedgwick, K.; Seele, J.; Seidl, R.; Seto, R.; Sharma, D.; Shein, I.; Shibata, T. -A.; Shigaki, K.; Shimomura, M.; Shoji, K.; Shukla, P.; Sickles, A.; Silva, C. L.; Silvermyr, D.; Silvestre, C.; Sim, K. S.; Singh, B. K.; Singh, C. P.; Singh, V.; Slunečka, M.; Soltz, R. A.; Sondheim, W. E.; Sorensen, S. P.; Sourikova, I. V.; Stankus, P. W.; Stenlund, E.; Stoll, S. P.; Sugitate, T.; Sukhanov, A.; Sziklai, J.; Takagui, E. M.; Taketani, A.; Tanabe, R.; Tanaka, Y.; Taneja, S.; Tanida, K.; Tannenbaum, M. J.; Tarafdar, S.; Taranenko, A.; Themann, H.; Thomas, D.; Thomas, T. L.; Togawa, M.; Toia, A.; Tomášek, L.; Torii, H.; Towell, R. S.; Tserruya, I.; Tsuchimoto, Y.; Vale, C.; Valle, H.; van Hecke, H. W.; Vazquez-Zambrano, E.; Veicht, A.; Velkovska, J.; Vértesi, R.; Virius, M.; Vrba, V.; Vznuzdaev, E.; Wang, X. R.; Watanabe, D.; Watanabe, K.; Watanabe, Y.; Wei, F.; Wei, R.; Wessels, J.; White, S. N.; Winter, D.; Woody, C. L.; Wright, R. M.; Wysocki, M.; Yamaguchi, Y. L.; Yamaura, K.; Yang, R.; Yanovich, A.; Ying, J.; Yokkaichi, S.; You, Z.; Young, G. R.; Younus, I.; Yushmanov, I. E.; Zajc, W. A.; Zhou, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.91.014907

Title: Cross section for $b \bar{b}$ production via dielectrons in $d$ + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200$ GeV

Journal Article · Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.014907· OSTI ID:1184514

Adare, A.; Aidala, C.; Ajitanand, N. N.; Akiba, Y.; Al-Bataineh, H.; Alexander, J.; Angerami, A.; Aoki, K.; Apadula, N.; Aramaki, Y.; Atomssa, E. T.; Averbeck, R.; Awes, T. C.; Azmoun, B.; Babintsev, V.; Bai, M.; Baksay, G.; Baksay, L.; Barish, K. N.; Bassalleck, B. more »

We report a measurement of e⁺e^- pairs from semileptonic heavy-flavor decays in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ =200 GeV. By exploring the mass and transverse-momentum dependence of the yield, the bottom decay contribution can be isolated from charm, and quantified by comparison to pythia and mc@nlo simulations. The resulting $$ b\overline{b} $$-production cross section is σ$$dAu \atop{b\overline{b}} $$=1.37±0.28(stat)±0.46(syst) mb, which is equivalent to a nucleon-nucleon cross section of σ$$NN \atop{bb} $$=3.4±0.8(stat)±1.1(syst)μb.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Contributing Organization:: PHENIX Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1184514

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1181370; OSTI ID: 1324121; OSTI ID: 1512157

Report Number(s):: BNL-107935-2015-JA; PRVCAN; KB0201021

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 1; ISSN 0556-2813

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 17 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (38)

Production of $ω$ mesons in $p$ + $p$ , $d$ + Au, Cu + Cu, and Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200$ GeV Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 84, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.044902	journal	October 2011
High transverse momentum quarkonium production and dissociation in heavy ion collisions Sharma, Rishi; Vitev, Ivan Physical Review C, Vol. 87, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.044905	journal	April 2013
PHENIX calorimeter Aphecetche, L.; Awes, T. C.; Banning, J. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 499, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01954-X	journal	March 2003
Heavy-quark production in $p$ + $p$ and energy loss and flow of heavy quarks in Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200$ GeV Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 84, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.84.044905	journal	October 2011
Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on $J / ψ$ Yields as a Function of Rapidity and Nuclear Geometry in $d + A$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$ Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.142301	journal	September 2011
Testing AdS/CFT drag and pQCD heavy quark energy loss Horowitz, W. A.; Gyulassy, M. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 35, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/35/10/104152	journal	September 2008
$Υ (1 S + 2 S + 3 S)$ production in $d$ +Au and $p + p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{N N}}} = 200$ GeV and cold-nuclear-matter effects Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 87, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.044909	journal	April 2013
EPS09 — A new generation of NLO and LO nuclear parton distribution functions Eskola, K. J.; Paukkunen, H.; Salgado, C. A. Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2009, Issue 04 https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/065	journal	April 2009
Matching NLO QCD computations and parton shower simulations Frixione, Stefano; Webber, Bryan R. Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2002, Issue 06 https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/029	journal	June 2002
Quark–gluon plasma and color glass condensate at RHIC? The perspective from the BRAHMS experiment Arsene, I.; Bearden, I. G.; Beavis, D. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 757, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.02.130	journal	August 2005
Transverse-momentum dependence of the $J / ψ$ nuclear modification in $d$ +Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200$ GeV Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 87, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.034904	journal	March 2013
Centrality Dependence of $π^{0}$ and $η$ Production at Large Transverse Momentum in $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$ $d + Au$ Collisions Adler, S. S.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.172302	journal	April 2007
Review of Particle Physics Beringer, J.; Arguin, J. -F.; Barnett, R. M. Physical Review D, Vol. 86, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.010001	journal	July 2012
Detailed measurement of the $e^{+} e^{-}$ pair continuum in $p + p$ and $Au + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV and implications for direct photon production Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 81, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.81.034911	journal	March 2010
High $p_{T}$ nonphotonic electron production in $p + p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV$ Agakishiev, H.; Aggarwal, M. M.; Ahammed, Z. Physical Review D, Vol. 83, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.052006	journal	March 2011
Investigation of background subtraction techniques for high mass dilepton physics Crochet, P.; Braun-Munzinger, P. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 484, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02005-8	journal	May 2002
Centrality categorization for $R_{p (d) + A}$ in high-energy collisions Adare, A.; Aidala, C.; Ajitanand, N. N. Physical Review C, Vol. 90, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.034902	journal	September 2014
Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark–gluon plasma: The STAR Collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions Adams, J.; Aggarwal, M. M.; Ahammed, Z. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 757, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.085	journal	August 2005
PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual Sjöstrand, Torbjörn; Mrenna, Stephen; Skands, Peter Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2006, Issue 05 https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/026	journal	May 2006
The PHOBOS perspective on discoveries at RHIC Back, B. B.; Baker, M. D.; Ballintijn, M. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 757, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.084	journal	August 2005
Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX Collaboration Adcox, K.; Adler, S. S.; Afanasiev, S. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 757, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.086	journal	August 2005
Suppression of Hadrons with Large Transverse Momentum in Central $A u + A u$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130 GeV$ Adcox, K.; Adler, S. S.; Ajitanand, N. N. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 88, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.022301	journal	December 2001
Heavy-quark diffusion and hadronization in quark-gluon plasma He, Min; Fries, Rainer J.; Rapp, Ralf Physical Review C, Vol. 86, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014903	journal	July 2012
Heavy-flavor electron-muon correlations in $p + p$ and $d + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200$ GeV Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 89, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.034915	journal	March 2014
Heavy-quark colorimetry of QCD matter Dokshitzer, Yu. L.; Kharzeev, D. E. Physics Letters B, Vol. 519, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01130-3	journal	November 2001
PHENIX detector overview Adcox, K.; Adler, S. S.; Aizama, M. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 499, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01950-2	journal	March 2003
Measurement of the Bottom Quark Contribution to Nonphotonic Electron Production in $p + p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV$ Aggarwal, M. M.; Ahammed, Z.; Alakhverdyants, A. V. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.202301	journal	November 2010
Measurement of electrons from semileptonic heavy-flavor hadron decays in $p p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV$ Abelev, B.; Adam, J.; Adamová, D. Physical Review D, Vol. 86, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.112007	journal	December 2012
Matching NLO QCD and parton showers in heavy flavour production Frixione, Stefano; Nason, Paolo; Webber, Bryan R. Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2003, Issue 08 https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2003/08/007	journal	August 2003
Narrowing of the Balance Function with Centrality in $A u + A u$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 130 G e V$ Adams, J.; Adler, C.; Ahammed, Z. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 90, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.172301	journal	May 2003
Cold-Nuclear-Matter Effects on Heavy-Quark Production in $d + Au$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$ Adare, A.; Aidala, C.; Ajitanand, N. N. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.242301	journal	December 2012
PHENIX central arm tracking detectors Adcox, K.; Ajitanand, N. N.; Alexander, J. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 499, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01952-6	journal	March 2003
Dilepton mass spectra in <mml:math altimg="si1.gif" overflow="scroll" xmlns:xocs="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/xocs/dtd" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" xmlns:ja="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:tb="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/table/dtd" xmlns:sb="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/struct-bib/dtd" xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/dtd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:cals="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/cals/dtd"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math altimg="si2.gif" overflow="scroll" xmlns:xocs="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/xocs/dtd" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" xmlns:ja="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:tb="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/table/dtd" xmlns:sb="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/struct-bib/dtd" xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/dtd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:cals="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/cals/dtd"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn><mml:mtext> GeV</mml:mtext></mml:math> and the contribution from open charm Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physics Letters B, Vol. 670, Issue 4-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.10.064	journal	January 2009
Nuclear Modification of $ψ^{'}$ , $χ_{c}$ , and $J / ψ$ Production in $d + Au$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$ Adare, A.; Aidala, C.; Ajitanand, N. N. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.202301	journal	November 2013
HERWIG 6: an event generator for hadron emission reactions with interfering gluons (including supersymmetric processes) Corcella, Gennaro; Knowles, Ian G.; Marchesini, Giuseppe Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2001, Issue 01 https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2001/01/010	journal	January 2001
Suppressed $π^{0}$ Production at Large Transverse Momentum in Central $A u + A u$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 G e V$ Adler, S. S.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.072301	journal	August 2003
Measurement of Bottom Versus Charm as a Function of Transverse Momentum with Electron-Hadron Correlations in $p + p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV$ Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.082002	journal	August 2009
Nuclear effects on hadron production in $d + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200$ GeV revealed by comparison with $p + p$ data Adler, S. S.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 74, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.74.024904	journal	August 2006