We have measured the production cross-section times branching ratio for J/ψ→μ+μ- in pp̄ interactions at √s=630 GeV in the kinematic range |y| <2.0 and pT> 5 GeV/c, BR(J/ψ→μ+μ -)σ(pp̄→J/ψ)=6.18±0.24±0.81 nb. The data sample collected in 1988 and 1989 for an integrated luminosity of 4.7 pb-1 represents a fivefold improvement over the statistics in our earlier study of the J/ψ production process, and the pT distribution which is measured extends to 28 GeV/c. Using event topology we show that the rate for the direct production of J/ψ, via radiative decays of χ states, is larger than that for production via B-hadrons. Production of ψ′ is also studied using the decay modes ψ′→μ+μ- and ψ′→J/ψπ+π-
We report measurements of b-quark and B-hadron production in pp collisions at √s=630 GeV. We use muon data samples to extract beauty production cross-sections over a wide range of transverse momentum in the central rapidity range y < 1.5. We compare our results to an O(αs 3) QCD prediction and find good agreement over the measured b-quark transverse momentum range 6 GeV/c to 54 GeV/c. Using the shape of the pT and y distributions predicted by QCD to extrapolate our data, we infer a total cross-section for b-quark production at √s=630 GeV of σ(pp̄→bb̄+X)=19.3±7(exp.)±9(th.)μb
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