Measurement of the bottom quark contribution to nonphotonic electron production in p + p collisions at √s=200 GeV

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Nov 12;105(20):202301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.202301. Epub 2010 Nov 12.

Abstract

The contribution of B meson decays to nonphotonic electrons, which are mainly produced by the semileptonic decays of heavy-flavor mesons, in p + p collisions at √s=200 GeV has been measured using azimuthal correlations between nonphotonic electrons and hadrons. The extracted B decay contribution is approximately 50% at a transverse momentum of pT≥5 GeV/c. These measurements constrain the nuclear modification factor for electrons from B and D meson decays. The result indicates that B meson production in heavy ion collisions is also suppressed at high pT.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't