Measurement of the relative rate of prompt χ c0 , χ c1 and χ c2 production at √ s = 7 TeVThe LHCb collaboration E-mail: tournefier@lapp.in2p3.frAbstract: Prompt production of charmonium χ c0 , χ c1 and χ c2 mesons is studied using proton-proton collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of √ s = 7 TeV. The χ c mesons are identified through their decay to J/ψγ, with J/ψ → µ + µ − using photons that converted in the detector. A data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb −1 collected by the LHCb detector, is used to measure the relative prompt production rate of χ c1 and χ c2 in the rapidity range 2.0 < y < 4.5 as a function of the J/ψ transverse momentum from 3 to 20 GeV/c. First evidence for χ c0 meson production at a high-energy hadron collider is also presented.