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Charm and beauty production at the Tevatron
Tara Shears
University of Liverpool
On behalf of the CDF and D0 collaborations
248, 725, 730
Tevatron
p p collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV
CDF
D0
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Historical context:
Run 1Nason, Cacciari
UPRF-2002-4
CDF Preliminary:(D*)
Cacciari: hep-ph/9702389
(B+): Phys Rev D65 052005
B
C
Discrepancy from Run 1:
B: (data)/(improved theory) ~ 1.7
C: similar effects seen
Aim: test predictions at Run 2
Tests of b and c production in Run 2
Inclusive b and c production:– Charm Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 241804 (2003)
– Beauty Phys. Rev. D71 032001 (2005)
– Combined
c/b + X:– b + b – c,b + – b + Z Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 161801 (2005)
– b +W Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 091802 (2005)
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4 analyses presented:1. Muon tagged jet
production
2. Inclusive b production
3. bb production
4. Photon + heavy flavour production
Tests of b and c production at Run 2
charm
beauty
Direct and combined measurements
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tagged jet production
Require events with at least 1 jet, ||<0.5, containing a muon (pt>5 GeV)
Jet Et 90 – 400 GeV considered294 pb-1 data analysed
Extract heavy flavour component
from simulation
Measurement sensitive to b + c production
Pythia MC
tagged jet production
Results consistent with LO (Pythia CTEQ 6L) and NLO (NLOJET++ CTEQ6M)
NLOJET++: Z. Nagy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 122003 (2002); Phys. Rev. D68 094002 (2003)
Inclusive b production
Require 1 jet, ||<0.7, with separated secondary vertex
Jet Et 38 – 400 GeV
300 pb-1 data analysed
Determine b fraction by fit to secondary vertex mass
Results compared to LO (no NLO yet) : ratio ~1.4 as expected
bb production
Require 2 jets, ||<1.2, both with separated secondary vertex
Et 1 > 30 GeV, Et 2 > 20 GeV
64.5 pb-1 data analysed
Determine b fraction by fit to secondary vertex mass
Calculate cross-section as fn. of :
Jet Et, m(bb), (b jets)_
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bb production
Results consistent with LO (Pythia CTEQ5L) and NLO (MC@NLO + JIMMY U.E. simulation)
Note: selection enhances flavour creation (LO)
bb)(||<1.2, Et1>30GeV, Et2>20GeV) = 34.5 ± 1.8 ± 10.5 nb
LO: 38.7 ± 0.6 nb
NLO: 35.7 ± 2.0 nb
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bb production
Results consistent with LO (Pythia CTEQ5L) and NLO (MC@NLO + JIMMY U.E. simulation)
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+ b / + c production
Sec. Vertex mass (GeV)
Et > 25 GeV (||<1.0) + jet with secondary vertex
Determine b, c, uds contributions (fit secondary vertex mass)
Subtract bkg, find cross-section as fn. Et
25–29 GeV 29–34 GeV
34–42 GeV 42–60 GeV
+ b / + c production
Results consistent with LO
(+b) (+c)
( + c) / ( + b)
Ratio consistent with LO
Charm, beauty production well understood theoretically at Tevatron in Run 2– Many analyses published (inclusive b, inclusive c,
W+bb, Z+b)Shown here:– Inclusive analysis in agreement with LO, NLO– Inclusive b ratio to LO as expected (NLO
comparisons forthcoming)– bb production in agreement with LO, NLO + b, + c in agreement with LO (4x stats.
forthcoming)
Conclusions
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Backup slides
b,c production @ Tevatron
Gluon splitting
Flavour excitation
Flavour creation
How to isolate b,c experimentally
• Large cross-section
• Isolate by triggering on:– Decays to J/– Semileptonic
decays– Displaced tracks
(SVT)
√s (TeV)0.001 0.01 0.1 1.0 10 102
1mb
1b
1nb
1pb
SppSTevatron
LHC(pp→X)(-)
(bb)
Inclusive systematics
Quantity Uncertainty (%)
Efficiency ± 13.0
Luminosity ± 6.5
Heavy flavour fraction ± 20.0
Jet Correction ± 20.0 (Pt=100) +80.0 -50.0 (Pt=400)
Unfolding ansatz ± 5.0
Total ± 32.2 (100) +83.9 -56.0 (400)
Inclusive b systematics
Inclusive (bb) systematics
Quantity Uncertainty /nb
Luminosity ± 2.1
B tagging efficiency ± 5.5
B fraction ± 1.0
Acceptance (trigger efficency, jet corrections, pdfs)
± 7.0
Total ± 10.5
+ b / + c production
Dominates for c
Diagrams equal for b
LO
+
(estimates from Madgraph)
Systematic errors: (b)
Systematic error (pb)
25 – 29 GeV
29 – 34 GeV
34 – 42 GeV
42 – 60 GeV
Tag efficiency +1.7 –1.3 +2.6 –2.0 +0.9 –0.7 +1.1 –0.9
Photon id ± 0.2 ± 0.1 < 0.1 ± 0.1
Jet correction ± 0.5 ± 0.5 ± 0.1 ± 0.1
Jet energy scale +3.3 –1.4 +2.2 –2.1 +0.5 –0.3 +0.5 –0.4
B jet correction ± 0.2 ± 0.3 ± 0.1 ± 0.1
CPR fake estimate - 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1
trigger +2.5 –1.7 < 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1
PDF ± 0.3 ± 0.5 ± 0.2 ± 0.2
luminosity +0.7 –0.6 +1.1 –1.0 +0.4 – 0.3 +0.5 –0.4
Final value 11.2 +16.4
-8.2
17.2 +12.3
–10.1
6.2 +6.4
–4.4
7.9 +5.0
-4.1
Systematic errors: (c)
Systematic error (pb)
25 – 29 GeV
29 – 34 GeV
34 – 42 GeV
42 – 60 GeV
Tag efficiency +26.5 –19.8 +13.1 –9.9 +7.4 – 5.6 +8.7 –6.4
Photon id ± 2.2 ± 0.4 ± 0.3 ± 0.4
Jet correction +7.9 –7.2 +2.5 –2.4 0.8 0.4
Jet energy scale +48.0 –21.0 +10.4 –9.6 +3.5 –2.4 +2.9 –2.3
CPR fake estimate - 0.6 - 0.1 - 0.2 + 0.2
trigger +37.3 –25.3 < 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1
PDF ± 2.2 ± 0.7 ± 0.3 ± 0.2
luminosity +9.6 – 8.6 +5.0 –4.4 +2.8 –2.5 +3.0 –2.7
Final value 164.7+163.2 -106.5
81.1 +71.0
–53.0
45.4 +46.8
–31.3
50.0 +37.3
–30.9
Systematic errors: (c)/(b)
Systematic error (pb)
25 – 29 GeV
29 – 34 GeV
34 – 42 GeV
42 – 60 GeV
B tag efficiency - 1.2 - 0.6 - 1.0 - 0.8
C tag efficiency +2.4 –1.8 +0.8 –0.6 +1.3 –0.9 +1.1 –0.8
B jet correction ± 0.2 ± 0.1 ± 0.1 ± 0.1
CPR fake estimate + 0.1 < 0.1 - 0.1 < 0.1
Final value 14.1 +41.5
-9.8
4.8 +8.7
–3.3
7.4 +19.3
–5.4
6.4 +9.7
–4.1