Measurement of B meson production fraction ratios in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using open-charm and charmonium decays

Abstract

Production fraction ratios of B${}^{+}$, B${}^0$, and B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using a special data set recorded in 2018 with high-rate triggers designed to collect an unbiased sample of $10^{10}$ b hadrons with the CMS experiment at the LHC. These data allow the study of the open-charm decays of B mesons (B${}_{(\mathrm{s})}$ $\to$ $\pi$D${}_{(\mathrm{s})}$) where the D meson decays into fully hadronic final states. By utilizing known branching fractions and precise theoretical calculations, production fraction ratios as functions of B meson transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) and rapidity ($y$) are measured using the open-charm decays in the kinematic range of 8 $<$ $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ $<$ 60 GeV and $|y|$ $<$ 2.25. In addition, the same data set is used to measure the relative production fraction ratios with the charmonium decay channels (B${}_{(\mathrm{s})}$ $\to$ XJ/$\psi$ with X indicating a K${}^{+}$, K${}^{\ast }$(892)${}^0$, or $\varphi$(1020) meson) where the J/$\psi$ meson decays into a pair of muons. The open-charm results are used to normalize the relative production fraction ratios obtained from the charmonium samples. Measurements of the ratios of branching fractions of B meson decays to charmonium and open-charm final states are also reported, which will improve the world-average values of these ratios. Finally, we test isospin invariance in B meson production in proton-proton collisions and observe that it holds within the experimental precision.

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