Heavy flavor physics with the CMS experiment

TL;DR

This paper reviews CMS experiment's recent heavy flavor physics measurements, including b-quark production, B hadron correlations, rare decays, and exotic resonance observations, highlighting the experiment's capabilities and recent results.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of CMS's recent measurements in heavy flavor physics, emphasizing new results and experimental techniques.

Findings

Measurement of b-quark production cross sections

Observation of the X(3872) resonance

Search for rare B meson decays

Abstract

Thanks to the excellent tracking and muon identification performance, combined with a flexible trigger system, the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider is conducting a rich and competitive program of measurements in the field of heavy flavor physics. We review the status of b-quark production cross section measurements in inclusive and exclusive final states, the measurement of B hadron angular correlations, the search for rare $B^0_s$ and $B^0$ decays to dimuons, and the observation of the X(3872) resonance.