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The production of Υ mesons in pp collisions at \( \sqrt{s}=7 \) and 8 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 fb−1 and 2 fb−1 respectively. The production cross-sections and ratios of cross-sections are measured as functions of the meson transverse momentum p and rapidity y, for p < 30 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5.
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The LHCb collaboration., Aaij, R., Adeva, B. et al. Forward production of Υ mesons in pp collisions at \( \sqrt{s}=7 \) and 8 TeV. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 103 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)103
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