Measurement of charm and bottom production from semileptonic hadron decays in p+p collisions at s =200 GeV

(PHENIX Collaboration)

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Abstract

Measurements of the differential production of electrons from open-heavy-flavor hadrons with charm- and bottom-quark content in p+p collisions at s=200 GeV are presented. The measurements proceed through displaced-vertex analyses of electron tracks from the semileptonic decay of charm and bottom hadrons using the PHENIX silicon-vertex detector. The relative contribution of electrons from bottom decays to inclusive heavy-flavor-electron production is found to be consistent with fixed-order-plus-next-to-leading-log perturbative-QCD calculations within experimental and theoretical uncertainties. These new measurements in p+p collisions provide a precision baseline for comparable forthcoming measurements in A+A collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092003
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume99
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2019
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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