Measurement of differential $b\bar{b}$- and $c\bar{c}$-dijet cross-sections in the forward region of $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\mathrm{TeV}$

Abstract

The inclusive $b\bar{b}$- and $c\bar{c}$-dijet production cross-sections in the forward region of $pp$ collisions are measured using a data sample collected with the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 2016. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 fb${}^{-1}$. Differential cross-sections are measured as a function of the transverse momentum and of the pseudorapidity of the leading jet, of the rapidity difference between the jets, and of the dijet invariant mass. A fiducial region for the measurement is defined by requiring that the two jets originating from the two $b$ or $c$ quarks are emitted with transverse momentum greater than 20 GeV$/c$, pseudorapidity in the range $2.2<\eta <4.2$, and with a difference in the azimuthal angle between the two jets greater than 1.5. The integrated $b\bar{b}$-dijet cross-section is measured to be $53.0\pm 9.7$ nb, and the total $c\bar{c}$-dijet cross-section is measured to be $73\pm 16$ nb. The ratio between $c\bar{c}$- and $b\bar{b}$-dijet cross-sections is also measured and found to be $1.37\pm 0.27$. The results are in agreement with theoretical predictions at next-to-leading order.

All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2020-018.html (LHCb public pages)

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