Measurement of the Differential Cross Section for Isolated Prompt Photon Production in pp Collisions at 7 TeV

The CMS collaboration Chatrchyan, Serguei ; Khachatryan, Vardan ; Sirunyan, Albert M ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 84 (2011) 052011, 2011.
Inspire Record 922830 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.58958

A measurement of the differential cross section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36 inverse picobarns recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. The measurement covers the pseudorapidity range |eta|<2.5 and the transverse energy range 25 < ET < 400 GeV, corresponding to the kinematic region 0.007 < xT < 0.114. Photon candidates are identified with two complementary methods, one based on photon conversions in the silicon tracker and the other on isolated energy deposits in the electromagnetic calorimeter. The measured cross section is presented as a function of ET in four pseudorapidity regions. The next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD calculations are consistent with the measured cross section.

2 data tables

The measured prompt photon production spectra in the two |eta| regions, 0.0-0.9 and 0.9-1.44.

The measured prompt photon production spectra in the two |eta| regions, 1.57-2.1 and 2.1-2.5.


Measurement of the differential cross-sections of inclusive, prompt and non-prompt J/psi production in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

The ATLAS collaboration Aad, Georges ; Abbott, Brad ; Abdallah, Jalal ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 850 (2011) 387-444, 2011.
Inspire Record 896268 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.61590

The inclusive J/psi production cross-section and fraction of J/psi mesons produced in B-hadron decays are measured in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, as a function of the transverse momentum and rapidity of the J/psi, using 2.3 pb-1 of integrated luminosity. The cross-section is measured from a minimum pT of 1 GeV to a maximum of 70 GeV and for rapidities within |y| < 2.4 giving the widest reach of any measurement of J/psi production to date. The differential production cross-sections of prompt and non-prompt J/psi are separately determined and are compared to Colour Singlet NNLO*, Colour Evaporation Model, and FONLL predictions.

27 data tables

Total cross section for inclusive andd non-prompt J/PSI (-> MU+MU-) production in the range |y| < 2.4 and pT > 7 GeV under the FLAT (ie isotropic) production scenario. The second (sys) error is the uncertainty assoicated with the spin and the third is the luminosity uncertainty.

Total cross section for inclusive and non-prompt J/PSI (-> MU+MU-) production in the range 1.5 < |y| < 2 and pT > 1 GeV under the FLAT (ie isotropic) production scenario. The second (sys) error is the uncertainty assoicated with the spin and the third is the luminosity uncertainty.

Inclusive J/psi production cross-section as a function of J/psi pT in the J/psi rapidity (|y|) bin 2<|y|<2.4. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic and the third encapsulates any possible variation due to spin-alignment from the unpolarised central value.

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Measurement of the Isolated Prompt Photon Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

The CMS collaboration Khachatryan, Vardan ; Sirunyan, Albert M. ; Tumasyan, Armen ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 106 (2011) 082001, 2011.
Inspire Record 879403 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.63810

The differential cross section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons has been measured as a function of the photon transverse energy E_T-gamma in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV using data recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.9 inverse picobarns. Photons are required to have a pseudorapidity |eta_gamma|<1.45 and E_T-gamma > 21 GeV, covering the kinematic region 0.006 < x_T < 0.086. The measured cross section is found to be in agreement with next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD calculations.

1 data table

Measured isolated prompt photon differential cross section.