Cross sections of inclusive $\psi (2S)$ and $X(3872)$ production from $b$-hadron decays in $pp$ collisions and comparison with ATLAS and CMS data

B. A. Kniehl, G. Kramer, I. Schienbein +1

We study the cross sections for the inclusive production of $\psi (2S)$ and $X(3872)$ hadrons in $pp$ collisions at the LHC at two different center-of-mass energies and compare with ex…