Observation and study of the J/{\psi} \to {\mu}+{\mu}- in the ATLAS experiment at LHC

TL;DR

This paper reports the observation of J/ψ to mu+ mu- decays in the ATLAS experiment at LHC, demonstrating the detector's calibration potential and measuring the cross section across transverse momentum and rapidity.

Contribution

First measurement of J/ψ production cross section in ATLAS at 7 TeV, validating detector calibration and Monte Carlo models.

Findings

Clear J/ψ signal observed with invariant mass matching PDG values

Measured differential cross section as a function of transverse momentum and rapidity

Results consistent with Monte Carlo expectations

Abstract

The high cross section for the J/{\psi} production and the wide transverse momentum spectrum accessible to ATLAS give to these events a central role in the calibration of the ATLAS detector. The data collected during the first months of the 2010 run at {\sqroot}s = 7 TeV p-p collisions (integrated Luminosity up to 290 nb-1) show a clear signal with two muons in the final state. The reconstructed invariant mass agrees with the PDG value and the peak width is compatible with Monte Carlo expectations. The doubly differential cross section is measured with respect to the transverse momentum and rapidity.