Abstract
The inclusive Ds ± production asymmetry is measured in pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of s=7 and 8 TeV. Promptly produced Ds ± mesons are used, which decay as Ds ± → ϕπ±, with ϕ → K+K−. The measurement is performed in bins of transverse momentum, pT, and rapidity, y, covering the range 2.5 < pT< 25.0 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5. No kinematic dependence is observed. Evidence of nonzero Ds ± production asymmetry is found with a significance of 3.3 standard deviations.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 8 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2018 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Charm physics
- Forward physics
- Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
- Heavy quark production
- QCD