https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1802-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Prospects for observation of double parton scattering with four-muon final states at LHCb
1
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
2
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK
3
Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
* e-mail: kom@liverpool.ac.uk
Received:
6
October
2011
Published online:
19
November
2011
We study the prospects for observing double parton scattering through four-muon final states, forming two opposite-sign muon pairs, in the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at 14 TeV centre of mass energy. We consider two special cases, namely double Drell–Yan and J/ψ-pair production. The kinematic properties and prospects for observing these processes are discussed. We find that the production rate depends strongly on the origin of the four muons, while many kinematic properties can be used to help identify the presence of double parton scattering events.
© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica, 2011
