# Measurement of the ηc(1S) production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay ηc(1S) → pp

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## Description

CERN-LHC. The production of the ηc(1S) state in proton-proton collisions is probed via its decay to the pp final state with the LHCb detector, in the rapidity range 2.0<y<4.5 and in the meson transverse-momentum range pT>6.5 GeV/c. The cross-section for prompt production of ηc(1S) mesons relative to the prompt J/ψ cross-section is measured, for the first time, to be

σηc(1S)/σJ/ψ = 1.74±0.29±0.28±0.18B

at a centre-of-mass energy √s=7 TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb−1, and

σηc(1S)/σJ/ψ = 1.60±0.29±0.25±0.17B

at √s =8 TeV using 2.0 fb−1. The uncertainties quoted are, in order, statistical, systematic, and that on the ratio of branching fractions of the ηc(1S)
and J/ψ decays to the pp final state. In addition, the inclusive branching fraction of b-hadron decays into ηc(1S) mesons is measured, for the first time, to be

B(b→ηcX)=(4.88±0.64±0.29±0.67B) × 10−3,

where the third uncertainty includes also the uncertainty on the J/ψ
inclusive branching fraction from b
b-hadron decays. The difference between the J/ψ and ηc(1S) meson masses is determined to be 114.7±1.5±0.1MeV/c2.
Date made available 4 Jan 2015 HEPData
• ### Measurement of the $\eta_c (1S)$ production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay $\eta_c (1S) \rightarrow p \bar{p}$

Aaij, R., Gersabeck, M., Lafferty, G., Parkes, C. & Price, D., 2015, C75, 7

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