Bottom and Charm Quark Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP Wilfrid da Silva LPNHE, Paris july 2003 J/ production in collisions (DELPHI) Cross section e + e - cc,bb X ) charm tagged by D* ± (L3) beauty, charm tagged by leptons (DELPHI, L3) Summary EPS2003 Aachen DELPHI Collaboration - -
J/ production at LEP2 (DELPHI) e + e - e + e - J/ X ● Two independent leading processes Data LEP2 = GeV, L = 617 pb -1 VDM (pomeron exchange or diffractive dissociation of the photon) Resolved processes + color octet model : most probable hypothesis. ● MC : PYTHIA Select events Tag J/ with muon pairs N=36 ± 7 evts Results Background : J/ coming from bb estimated 2.1 ± 0.6 evts Estimated fraction of resolved processes: 74% ± 22% Rate = N J/ / N vis = ( 6.7 ± 1.3 (stat) ± 0.2 (syst)) J/ X = 45 ± 9 (stat) ± 17 (syst) pb N( e+e _ Z J/ X) < 0.2 evts N( c2 J/ ) < 0.3 evts Klasen -
Direct term Single resolved term Measurement of (e + e - e + e - ccX) and (e + e - e + e - bbX) At LEP2 energies direct and single resolved contributions are of the same order ● Two LO main contributions direct and single resolved terms NLO total cross sections computations available Use the 10 years old Drees, Kraemer, Zunft, Zerwas VDM and double resolved contribution are expected to be smal l ● Open charm and beauty production measurement provide a good test of PQCD Large m b and m c more reliable calculations. ● Default MC used in all analyses : PYTHIA / pdf SaS1D at = 180 GeV - -
● LEP II data = GeV L = 683 pb -1 ● selection and antitagged events Charm tagged by D* ± : Results : d /dp T (D* ± ) with | | < 1.4 and 1. GeV < p T < 12. GeV Extraction of the charm cross section Measurement of (e + e - e + e - ccX) using D* ± Comparison with PYTHIA LO Frixione NLO MC (e + e - e + e - ccX) = ( 1.12 ± 0.09 (stat) ± 0.16 (syst) ) nb D* ± Visible region (e + e - e + e - D* ± X) vis = 71.2 ± 5.3 (stat) ± 9.8 (syst) pb - D* + D 0 S + -
Event selection strategy (for L3 and DELPHI) Select anti-tagged events Identify a lepton as a signature for semi-leptonic charm and beauty decays Reconstruct jets and compute the sensitive variable ( the lepton transverse momentum with respect to the lepton jet axis) Measurement of (e + e - e + e - ccX) and (e + e - e + e - bbX) Jet axis computed without the P T - -
Fitting strategy ● Data LEP2 = GeV, L =413 pb -1 Charm and beauty contributions well separated in p T distribution Charm Beauty Result Use muons N bb fit parameter variable estimated background from MC fixed by LEP average charm cross section N uds contribution estimated from the data one variable fit Measurement of (e + e - e + e - bbX) -
● Data = 189 – 209 GeV L = 627 pb -1 ● Use muons and electrons ● : 3 variable fit N bb, N cc, N uds (e + e - e + e - bbX) muons = 13.0 ± 2.3 (stat) ± 2.3 (syst) pb (e + e - e + e - bbX) electrons = 12.6 ± 2.4 (stat) ± 2.3 (syst) pb result in agreement with L3 previous measurement Measurement of (e + e - e + e - ccX) and (e + e - e + e - bbX) Muons Electrons Upgrade of their previous measurement Results and e tag results are consistent (e + e - e + e - bbX) combined = 12.8 ± 1.7 (stat) ± 2.3 (syst) pb as a subproduct of the control test of the charm sample (e + e - e + e - ccX) combined = 998 ± 117 (stat) pb (in agreement with L3 previous measurement ) Charm Beauty
Identify a K in lepton jet with RICH and TPC K-lepton charge correlations for beauty or charm enrichment Measurement of (e + e - e + e - ccX) and (e + e - e + e - bbX) cc : K + l - charge correlation fix N bb : value given by the previous measurement fit N cc bb : K + l + charge correlation fix N cc : value given by LEP average fit N bb in agreement with previous DELPHI measurement
Summary New results from DELPHI with K-lepton charge correlations for the first time in physics Single resolved processes are needed to describe the data Measurement of (e + e - e + e - ccX) and (e + e - e + e - bbX) Consistent LEP results DELPHI confirms the L3 and OPAL beauty excess - - Good agreement with QCD Drees, Kraemer, Zunft, Zerwas