Heavy Flavour Physics at CMS and ATLAS

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential for heavy flavour physics research at CMS and ATLAS, focusing on early LHC data, high b-quark production, and rare decay measurements like B_s to mu+ mu-.

Contribution

It presents the prospects and initial studies for heavy flavour physics, including rare decay searches, at CMS and ATLAS during early LHC operations.

Findings

High b-quark production cross-section enables detailed studies.

Initial results on rare decay searches such as B_s to mu+ mu-.

Abstract

Prospects for heavy flavour studies with the CMS and ATLAS detectors are presented. Many studies are aimed for early LHC data, taking advantage of the large $b$ production cross-section. Rare decay studies as the $B_s \to \mu^+\mu^-$ decay have also been performed.