Central Exclusive Production at LHCb

TL;DR

This paper reports on the measurement of central exclusive muon pair production at LHCb using 2011 and 2012 data, providing preliminary cross section results and comparing them with theoretical predictions.

Contribution

First measurements of central exclusive muon pair production cross sections at LHCb with 7 and 8 TeV data, including initial comparison with theory.

Findings

Preliminary cross section measurements for muon pairs.

Comparison of measurements with theoretical models.

Use of 2011 and 2012 LHCb data sets.

Abstract

The search for central exclusive production of muon pairs is performed using the LHCb data acquired on 2011 ($\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV) and 2012 ($\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV). Preliminary measurements of cross section using these samples are showed and a first comparison with theoretical previews is presented.