This paper presents a direct measurement of the differential[ital B][sup+] and[ital B][sup 0] cross sections, [ital d[sigma]/dp[sub T]] in[ital p][ital[anti p]] collisions at[radical]s= 1.8 TeV using a sample of 74[ital pb][sup -1] accumulated by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). The cross sections are measured in the central pseudorapidity region[vert-bar][eta][vert-bar][lt] 1 for[ital p[sub T]]([ital B])[gt] 6.0 GeV/c by fully reconstructing the[ital B] meson decays[ital B][sup+][r-arrow][ital J/[psi]K[sup+]] and[ital B][sup 0][r-arrow][ital J/[psi]K[sup*0]](892), where[ital J/[psi]][r-arrow][mu][sup+][mu][sup -] and[ital K][sup*0][r-arrow][ital K][sup+][pi][sup -]. The prediction of next-to- leading order QCD is consistent with the shape of the differential cross section but is low by a factor of 2.1[+-]0.2[+-]0.3. The integrated[ital B] meson cross section for[ital p[sub T]]([ital B])[gt] 6.0 GeV/c is determined to be[sigma]([ital B][sup -]= 3. 54[+-]0.22[+-]0.53[mu][ital b].

The production of $D^{*\pm}$, $D^\pm$ and $D_s^\pm$ charmed mesons has been measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV at the LHC, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 280 nb-1. The charmed mesons have been reconstructed in the range of transverse momentum 3.5

A measurement of the J/psi and psi(2S) production cross sections in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 37 inverse picobarns. Using a fit to the invariant mass and decay length distributions, production cross sections have been measured separately for prompt and non-prompt charmonium states, as a function of the meson transverse momentum in several rapidity ranges. In addition, cross sections restricted to the acceptance of the CMS detector are given, which are not affected by the polarization of the charmonium states. The ratio of the differential production cross sections of the two states, where systematic uncertainties largely cancel, is also determined. The branching fraction of the inclusive B to psi(2S) X decay is extracted from the ratio of the non-prompt cross sections to be: BR(B to psi(2S) X) = (3.08 +/- 0.12(stat.+syst.) +/- 0.13(theor.) +/- 0.42(BR[PDG])) 10-̂3.

The production of a Z boson, decaying into two leptons and produced in association with one or more b jets, is studied using proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The data were recorded in 2011 with the CMS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5 fb-1. The Z(ll) + b-jets cross sections (where ll = [mu][mu] or ee) are measured separately for a Z boson produced with exactly one b jet and with at least two b jets. In addition, a cross section ratio is extracted for a Z boson produced with at least one b jet, relative to a Z boson produced with at least one jet. The measured cross sections are compared to various theoretical predictions, and the data favour the predictions in the five-flavour scheme, where b quarks are assumed massless. The kinematic properties of the reconstructed particles are compared with the predictions from the MadGraph event generator using the pythia parton shower simulation.

The top-quark pair production cross section is measured in final states with one electron or muon and one hadronically decaying [tau] lepton from the process $t\bar{t}$ to (l[nu]l) ([tau][nu][tau]) $b\bar{b}$, where l = e, [mu]. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb-1 collected with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ =8 TeV. The measured cross section [sigma]$t\bar{t}$ = 257 ± 3 (stat) ± 24 (syst) ± 7 (lumi) pb, assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV, is consistent with the standard model prediction.

The authors present a new measurement of the inclusive and differential production cross sections of J/[psi] mesons and b-hadrons in proton-antiproton collisions at √s = 1960 GeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 39.7 pb−1 collected by the CDF Run II detector. They find the integrated cross section for inclusive J/[psi] production for all transverse momenta from 0 to 20 GeV/c in the rapidity range