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Detector LHCb is one of the four main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (CERN, Geneva). The main purpose of the LHCb experiment is study of hadrons which consist of b- and c-quarks. Many of the decays under study have photons and neutral pions in the final state. The knowledge of photon recon...

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Autor principal: Govorkova, Katya
Lenguaje:rus
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2124605
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description Detector LHCb is one of the four main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (CERN, Geneva). The main purpose of the LHCb experiment is study of hadrons which consist of b- and c-quarks. Many of the decays under study have photons and neutral pions in the final state. The knowledge of photon reconstruction efficiency in a wide range of photon kinematic is a crucial ingredient for such kind of measurements. The photon reconstruction efficiency is determined in data using comparison between $B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+}$ and $B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 )$ signal yields. These modes are chosen, since with large branching fractions in these channels a large number of signal events is expected. The muon trigger efficiency in the experiment exceeds 90%, therefore, the presence of $J/\psi$-mesons, decaying into two muons, provides high efficiency of registration of the selected decays of $B$-mesons. Since these decays have similar topology, the large cancellation of various systematic uncertainties, after imposing similar selection and trigger criteria is expected in ratio. The correction factor to $\pi^0$-meson reconstruction efficiency is obtained as the following: $$\eta^{\mathrm{corr} }_{\pi^0 } = \frac{N^{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 )}} {N^{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+}}} \times \frac {\varepsilon^{\mathrm{MC}}_{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+} }} {\varepsilon^{\mathrm{MC}}_{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 )}} \times \frac { B ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+}) } { B ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 ))}, (1)$$ where $N - $ is the event yield, $\varepsilon^{MC} -$ is the total efficiency, determined using simulation, and the ratio of branching fractions is known to be: \begin{equation*} \frac { B ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+})} { {B} ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 ))} = \bigg(\frac{1}{3} \times ( 1.39 \pm 0.09 ) \bigg)^{-1}. \end{equation*} Also the dependency of the correction factor on the transverse energy of photons and transverse momentum of $\pi^0$-meson is studied. Furthermore the search for $\Upsilon(nS)$-mesons decays in the final states containing $\Upsilon(1S)$ and light meson~($\eta, \eta\prime$) is presented. These final states are interesting because of the possibility of the observation of the exotic states $X_b(10610)$~and~$X_b(10650)$, particles containing $b\overline{b}$ pair and two light quarks.
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spelling cern-21246052019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2124605rusGovorkova, KatyaParticle Physics - ExperimentDetector LHCb is one of the four main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (CERN, Geneva). The main purpose of the LHCb experiment is study of hadrons which consist of b- and c-quarks. Many of the decays under study have photons and neutral pions in the final state. The knowledge of photon reconstruction efficiency in a wide range of photon kinematic is a crucial ingredient for such kind of measurements. The photon reconstruction efficiency is determined in data using comparison between $B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+}$ and $B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 )$ signal yields. These modes are chosen, since with large branching fractions in these channels a large number of signal events is expected. The muon trigger efficiency in the experiment exceeds 90%, therefore, the presence of $J/\psi$-mesons, decaying into two muons, provides high efficiency of registration of the selected decays of $B$-mesons. Since these decays have similar topology, the large cancellation of various systematic uncertainties, after imposing similar selection and trigger criteria is expected in ratio. The correction factor to $\pi^0$-meson reconstruction efficiency is obtained as the following: $$\eta^{\mathrm{corr} }_{\pi^0 } = \frac{N^{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 )}} {N^{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+}}} \times \frac {\varepsilon^{\mathrm{MC}}_{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+} }} {\varepsilon^{\mathrm{MC}}_{B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 )}} \times \frac { B ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+}) } { B ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 ))}, (1)$$ where $N - $ is the event yield, $\varepsilon^{MC} -$ is the total efficiency, determined using simulation, and the ratio of branching fractions is known to be: \begin{equation*} \frac { B ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{+})} { {B} ( B^{+}\to J/\psi K^{*+}(\to K^+\pi^0 ))} = \bigg(\frac{1}{3} \times ( 1.39 \pm 0.09 ) \bigg)^{-1}. \end{equation*} Also the dependency of the correction factor on the transverse energy of photons and transverse momentum of $\pi^0$-meson is studied. Furthermore the search for $\Upsilon(nS)$-mesons decays in the final states containing $\Upsilon(1S)$ and light meson~($\eta, \eta\prime$) is presented. These final states are interesting because of the possibility of the observation of the exotic states $X_b(10610)$~and~$X_b(10650)$, particles containing $b\overline{b}$ pair and two light quarks.CERN-THESIS-2015-272oai:cds.cern.ch:21246052016-01-18T08:58:57Z
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Experiment
Govorkova, Katya
topic Particle Physics - Experiment
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/2124605