Heavy Flavour Production at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

TL;DR

This paper reports on measurements of heavy flavor production, including b quarks and quarkonium, at 7 TeV using ATLAS and CMS, comparing results with quantum chromodynamics predictions.

Contribution

It provides new experimental measurements of b-quark and quarkonium production cross sections at 7 TeV, and compares them with theoretical QCD models.

Findings

Measured b-quark production cross sections agree with NLO QCD predictions.

Observed quarkonium production rates are consistent with theoretical expectations.

Presented results enhance understanding of heavy flavor production at high energies.

Abstract

The measurements of b quark, quarkonium and exotic state production performed with the ATLAS and CMS experiments at sqrt(s)=7 TeV are presented. The b-quark production cross section is measured both in inclusive and fully reconstructed B hadron decays. The results are compared with QCD expectations at tree-level and NLO.