[ital B][sub [ital c]] meson production at hadron colliders by heavy quark fragmentation

Journal Article · Mon Nov 22 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3413· OSTI ID:5287677

Cheung, K ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)

We present a reliable estimate on the production rate of [ital B][sub [ital c]] mesons in 1[ital S] and 2[ital S] states in the large transverse momentum region at hadron colliders using heavy quark fragmentation functions derived within the framework of perturbative QCD. We also present the transverse momentum distribution for the [ital B][sub [ital c]] mesons. The production rate is large enough for the [ital B][sub [ital c]] mesons to be identified at the Fermilab Tevatron. At the Superconducting Super Collider or the CERN Large Hadron Collider the rate is so large that their properties can be studied in detail.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-91ER40684
• OSTI ID: 5287677
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 71:21; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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B MESONS
BEAUTY PARTICLES
BOSONS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMILAB TEVATRON
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
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LINEAR MOMENTUM
MESONS
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PARTICLE PRODUCTION
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POSTULATED PARTICLES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARKS
STORAGE RINGS
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
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