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Prompt K_short production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=0.9 TeV

The production of K_short mesons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 0.9 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The luminosity of the analysed sample is determined using a novel technique, involving measurements of the beam currents, sizes and positions, and is found to be 6.8 +/- 1.0 microbarn^-1. The differential prompt K_short production cross-section is measured as a function of the K_short transverse momentum and rapidity in the region 0 < pT < 1.6 GeV/c and 2.5 < y < 4.0. The data are found to be in reasonable agreement with previous measurements and generator expectations.

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LHCb collaborationR. AaijC. Abellan BetetaB. AdevaM. AdinolfiC. AdroverA. AffolderM. AgariZ. AjaltouniJ. AlbrechtF. AlessioM. AlexanderM. AlfonsiP. Alvarez CartelleA. A. Alves JrS. AmatoY. AmhisJ. AmoraalJ. AndersonR. Antunes NobregaR. ApplebyO. Aquines GutierrezA. ArefyevL. ArrabitoM. ArtusoE. AslanidesG. AuriemmaS. BachmannY. BagaturiaD. S. BaileyV. BalaguraW. BaldiniG. BarberC. BarhamR. J. BarlowS. BarsukS. BasiladzeA. BatesC. BauerTh. BauerA. BayI. BediagaT. BellunatoK. BelousI. BelyaevM. BenayounG. BencivenniR. BernetR. P. BernhardM. -O. BettlerM. van BeuzekomJ. H. BibbyS. BifaniA. BizzetiP. M. BjørnstadT. BlakeF. BlancC. BlanksJ. BlouwS. BluskA. BobrovV. BocciB. BochinE. BonaccorsiA. BondarN. BondarW. BoniventoS. BorghiA. BorgiaE. BosT. J. V. BowcockC. BozziT. BrambachJ. van den BrandL. BrardaJ. BressieuxS. BrisbaneM. BritschN. H. BrookH. BrownS. BrusaA. Büchler-GermannA. BurscheJ. BuytaertS. CadedduJ. M. Caicedo CarvajalO. CallotM. CalviM. Calvo GomezA. CamboniW. CameronL. CamilleriP. CampanaA. CarboneG. CarboniR. CardinaleA. CardiniJ. CarrollL. CarsonK. Carvalho AkibaG. CasseM. CattaneoB. ChadajM. CharlesPh. CharpentierJ. ChengN. ChiapoliniA. ChlopikJ. ChristiansenP. CiambroneX. Cid VidalP. J. ClarkP. E. L. ClarkeM. ClemencicH. V. CliffJ. ClosierC. CocaV. CocoJ. CoganP. CollinsA. Comerma-MontellsF. ConstantinG. ContiA. ContuP. CookeM. CoombesB. CorajodG. CortiG. A. CowanR. CurrieB. D&#39;AlmagneC. D&#39;AmbrosioI. D&#39;AntoneW. Da SilvaE. Dane&#39;P. DavidI. De BonisS. De CapuaM. De CianF. De LorenziJ. M. De MirandaL. De PaulaP. De SimoneD. DecampG. DecreuseH. DegaudenziM. DeissenrothL. Del BuonoC. J. DenshamC. DeplanoO. DeschampsF. DettoriJ. DickensH. DijkstraM. DimaS. DonleavyP. DornanD. DossettA. DovbnyaR. DumpsF. DupertuisL. DwyerR. DzhelyadinC. EamesS. EasoU. EgedeV. EgorychevS. EidelmanD. van EijkF. EiseleS. EisenhardtL. EklundD. G. d&#39;EnterriaD. Esperante PereiraL. EstèveE. FanchiniC. FärberG. FardellC. FarinelliS. FarryV. FaveG. FeliciV. Fernandez AlborM. Ferro-LuzziS. FilippovC. FitzpatrickW. FlegelF. FontanelliC. FortiR. FortyC. FournierB. FranekM. FrankC. FreiM. FrosiniJ. L. Fungueirino PazosS. FurcasA. Gallas TorreiraD. GalliM. GandelmanP. GandiniY. GaoJ-C. GarnierL. GarridoD. GasconC. GasparA. Gaspar De Valenzuela CueJ. GassnerN. GauvinP. GavilletM. GersabeckT. GershonPh. GhezV. GibsonYu. GilitskyV. V. GligorovC. GöbelD. GolubkovA. GolutvinA. GomesG. GongH. GongH. GordonM. Grabalosa GándaraV. GraccoR. Graciani DiazL. A. Granado CardosoE. GraugésG. GrazianiA. GrecuS. GregsonG. GuerrerB. GuiE. GushchinYu. GuzZ. GuzikT. GysG. HaefeliS. C. HainesT. HampsonS. Hansmann-MenzemerR. HarjiN. HarnewP. F. HarrisonJ. HeK. HennessyP. HenrardJ. A. Hernando MorataE. van HerwijnenA. HicheurE. HicksH. J. HilkeW. HofmannK. HolubyevP. HopchevW. HulsbergenP. HuntT. HuseR. S. HustonD. HutchcroftF. IacoangeliV. IakovenkoC. Iglesias EscuderoC. IlgnerJ. ImongR. JacobssonM. Jahjah HusseinO. JametE. JansF. JansenP. JatonB. Jean-MarieM. JohnD. JohnsonC. R. JonesB. JostF. KapustaT. M. KarbachA. KashchukS. KatvarsJ. KeaveneyU. KerzelT. KetelA. KeuneS. KhalilB. KhanjiY. M. KimM. KnechtS. KoblitzA. KonoplyannikovP. KoppenburgM. KorolevA. KozlinskiyL. KravchukR. KristicG. KrockerP. KrokovnyF. KruseK. KruzeleckiM. KucharczykI. KudryashovS. KukulakR. KumarT. KvaratskheliyaV. N. La ThiD. LacarrereA. LaiR. W. LambertG. LanfranchiC. LangenbruchT. LathamR. Le GacJ. -P. LeesR. LefèvreA. LeflatJ. LefrançoisF. LehnerM. LenziO. LeroyT. LesiakL. LiY. y. LiL. Li GioiJ. LibbyM. LiengR. LindnerS. LindseyC. LinnB. LiuG. LiuS. LöchnerJ. H. LopesE. Lopez AsamarN. Lopez-MarchP. LoveridgeJ. LuisierB. M&#39;charekF. MachefertI. V. MachikhiliyanF. MaciucO. MaevJ. MagninA. MaierS. MaldeR. M. D. MamunurG. MancaG. MancinelliN. MangiafaveU. MarconiR. MärkiJ. MarksG. MartellottiA. MartensL. MartinD. Martinez SantosA. MassaferriZ. MatheC. MatteuzziV. MatveevE. MauriceB. MaynardA. MazurovG. McGregorR. McNultyC. McLeanM. MerkJ. MerkelM. MerkinR. MessiF. C. D. MetlicaS. MiglioranziM. -N. MinardG. MoineS. MonteilD. MoranJ. MorantJ. V. MorrisJ. MoscickiR. MountainI. MousF. MuheimR. MuresanF. MurtasB. MurynM. MusyJ. Mylroie-SmithP. NaikT. NakadaR. NandakumarJ. NardulliA. NawrotM. NedosM. NeedhamN. NeufeldP. NeustroevM. NicolL. NicolasS. NiesV. NiessN. NikitinA. NoorA. Oblakowska-MuchaV. ObraztsovS. OggeroO. OkhrimenkoR. OldemanM. OrlandeaA. OstankovJ. PalaciosM. PalutanJ. PanmanA. PapadelisA. PapanestisM. PappagalloC. ParkesC. J. ParkinsonG. PassalevaG. D. PatelM. PatelS. K. PatersonG. N. PatrickC. PatrignaniE. PaunaC. PaunaC. PavelA. Pazos AlvarezA. PellegrinoG. PensoM. Pepe AltarelliS. PerazziniD. L. PeregoE. Perez TrigoA. Pérez-Calero YzquierdoP. PerretG. PessinaA. PetrellaA. PetroliniE. Picatoste OlloquiB. Pie VallsD. PiedigrossiB. PietrzykD. PinciS. PlayferM. Plo CasasusM. Poli-LenerG. PolokA. PoluektovE. PolycarpoD. PopovB. PopoviciS. PossC. PotteratA. PowellS. PozziT. Du PreeV. PugatchA. Puig NavarroW. QianJ. H. RademackerB. RakotomiaramananaI. RaniukG. RavenS. RedfordW. ReeceA. C. dos ReisS. RicciardiJ. RieraK. RinnertD. A. Roa RomeroP. RobbeE. RodriguesF. RodriguesC. Rodriguez CoboP. Rodriguez PerezG. J. RogersV. RomanovskyE. Rondan SanabriaM. RoselloG. RospabeJ. RouvinetL. RoyT. RufH. RuizC. RummelV. RusinovG. SabatinoJ. J. Saborido SilvaN. SagidovaP. SailB. SaittaT. SakhelashviliC. SalzmannA. Sambade VarelaM. SanninoR. SantacesariaR. SantinelliE. SantovettiM. SapunovA. SartiC. SatrianoA. SattaT. SavidgeM. SavrieD. SavrinaP. SchaackM. SchillerS. SchleichM. SchmellingB. SchmidtO. SchneiderT. SchneiderA. SchopperM. -H. SchuneR. SchwemmerA. SciubbaM. SecoA. SemennikovK. SenderowskaN. SerraJ. SerranoB. ShaoM. ShapkinI. ShapovalP. ShatalovY. ShcheglovT. ShearsL. ShekhtmanV. ShevchenkoA. ShiresS. SigurdssonE. SimioniH. P. SkottoweT. SkwarnickiN. SmaleA. SmithA. C. SmithN. A. SmithK. SobczakF. J. P. SolerA. SolominP. SomogyF. SoomroB. Souza De PaulaB. SpaanA. SparkesE. SpiridenkovP. SpradlinA. SrednickiF. StagniS. StahlS. SteinerO. SteinkampO. StenyakinS. StoicaS. StoneB. StoraciU. StraumannN. StylesM. SzczekowskiP. SzczypkaT. SzumlakS. T&#39;JampensE. TarkovskiyE. TeodorescuH. TerrierF. TeubertC. ThomasE. ThomasJ. van TilburgV. TisserandM. TobinS. Topp-JoergensenM. T. TranS. TraynorU. TrunkA. TsaregorodtsevN. TuningA. UklejaO. UllalandU. UwerV. VagnoniG. ValentiA. van LysebettenR. Vazquez GomezP. Vazquez RegueiroS. VecchiJ. J. VelthuisM. VeltriK. VervinkB. ViaudI. VideauD. VieiraX. Vilasis-CardonaJ. VisniakovA. VollhardtD. VolyanskyyD. VoongA. VorobyevAn. VorobyevH. VossK. WackerS. WandernothJ. WangD. R. WardA. D. WebberD. WebsdaleM. WhiteheadD. WiednerL. WiggersG. WilkinsonM. P. WilliamsM. WilliamsF. F. WilsonJ. WishahiM. WitekW. WitzelingM. L. WoodwardS. A. WottonK. WyllieY. XieF. XingZ. YangG. Ybeles SmitR. YoungO. YushchenkoM. ZengL. ZhangY. ZhangA. ZhelezovE. Zverev

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LHCb collaborationR. AaijC. Abellan BetetaB. AdevaM. AdinolfiC. AdroverA. AffolderM. AgariZ. AjaltouniJ. AlbrechtF. AlessioM. AlexanderM. AlfonsiP. Alvarez CartelleA. A. Alves JrS. AmatoY. AmhisJ. AmoraalJ. AndersonR. Antunes NobregaR. ApplebyO. Aquines GutierrezA. ArefyevL. ArrabitoM. ArtusoE. AslanidesG. AuriemmaS. BachmannY. BagaturiaD. S. BaileyV. BalaguraW. BaldiniG. BarberC. BarhamR. J. BarlowS. BarsukS. BasiladzeA. BatesC. BauerTh. BauerA. BayI. BediagaT. BellunatoK. BelousI. BelyaevM. BenayounG. BencivenniR. BernetR. P. BernhardM. -O. BettlerM. van BeuzekomJ. H. BibbyS. BifaniA. BizzetiP. M. BjørnstadT. BlakeF. BlancC. BlanksJ. BlouwS. BluskA. BobrovV. BocciB. BochinE. BonaccorsiA. BondarN. BondarW. BoniventoS. BorghiA. BorgiaE. BosT. J. V. BowcockC. BozziT. BrambachJ. van den BrandL. BrardaJ. BressieuxS. BrisbaneM. BritschN. H. BrookH. BrownS. BrusaA. Büchler-GermannA. BurscheJ. BuytaertS. CadedduJ. M. Caicedo CarvajalO. CallotM. CalviM. Calvo GomezA. CamboniW. CameronL. CamilleriP. CampanaA. CarboneG. CarboniR. CardinaleA. CardiniJ. CarrollL. CarsonK. Carvalho AkibaG. CasseM. CattaneoB. ChadajM. CharlesPh. CharpentierJ. ChengN. ChiapoliniA. ChlopikJ. ChristiansenP. CiambroneX. Cid VidalP. J. ClarkP. E. L. ClarkeM. ClemencicH. V. CliffJ. ClosierC. CocaV. CocoJ. CoganP. CollinsA. Comerma-MontellsF. ConstantinG. ContiA. ContuP. CookeM. CoombesB. CorajodG. CortiG. A. CowanR. CurrieB. D&#39;AlmagneC. D&#39;AmbrosioI. D&#39;AntoneW. Da SilvaE. Dane&#39;P. DavidI. De BonisS. De CapuaM. De CianF. De LorenziJ. M. De MirandaL. De PaulaP. De SimoneD. DecampG. DecreuseH. DegaudenziM. DeissenrothL. Del BuonoC. J. DenshamC. DeplanoO. DeschampsF. DettoriJ. DickensH. DijkstraM. DimaS. DonleavyP. DornanD. DossettA. DovbnyaR. DumpsF. DupertuisL. DwyerR. DzhelyadinC. EamesS. EasoU. EgedeV. EgorychevS. EidelmanD. van EijkF. EiseleS. EisenhardtL. EklundD. G. d&#39;EnterriaD. Esperante PereiraL. EstèveE. FanchiniC. FärberG. FardellC. FarinelliS. FarryV. FaveG. FeliciV. Fernandez AlborM. Ferro-LuzziS. FilippovC. FitzpatrickW. FlegelF. FontanelliC. FortiR. FortyC. FournierB. FranekM. FrankC. FreiM. FrosiniJ. L. Fungueirino PazosS. FurcasA. Gallas TorreiraD. GalliM. GandelmanP. GandiniY. GaoJ-C. GarnierL. GarridoD. GasconC. GasparA. Gaspar De Valenzuela CueJ. GassnerN. GauvinP. GavilletM. GersabeckT. GershonPh. GhezV. GibsonYu. GilitskyV. V. GligorovC. GöbelD. GolubkovA. GolutvinA. GomesG. GongH. GongH. GordonM. Grabalosa GándaraV. GraccoR. Graciani DiazL. A. Granado CardosoE. GraugésG. GrazianiA. GrecuS. GregsonG. GuerrerB. GuiE. GushchinYu. GuzZ. GuzikT. GysG. HaefeliS. C. HainesT. HampsonS. Hansmann-MenzemerR. HarjiN. HarnewP. F. HarrisonJ. HeK. HennessyP. HenrardJ. A. Hernando MorataE. van HerwijnenA. HicheurE. HicksH. J. HilkeW. HofmannK. HolubyevP. HopchevW. HulsbergenP. HuntT. HuseR. S. HustonD. HutchcroftF. IacoangeliV. IakovenkoC. Iglesias EscuderoC. IlgnerJ. ImongR. JacobssonM. Jahjah HusseinO. JametE. JansF. JansenP. JatonB. Jean-MarieM. JohnD. JohnsonC. R. JonesB. JostF. KapustaT. M. KarbachA. KashchukS. KatvarsJ. KeaveneyU. KerzelT. KetelA. KeuneS. KhalilB. KhanjiY. M. KimM. KnechtS. KoblitzA. KonoplyannikovP. KoppenburgM. KorolevA. KozlinskiyL. KravchukR. KristicG. KrockerP. KrokovnyF. KruseK. KruzeleckiM. KucharczykI. KudryashovS. KukulakR. KumarT. KvaratskheliyaV. N. La ThiD. LacarrereA. LaiR. W. LambertG. LanfranchiC. LangenbruchT. LathamR. Le GacJ. -P. LeesR. LefèvreA. LeflatJ. LefrançoisF. LehnerM. LenziO. LeroyT. LesiakL. LiY. y. LiL. Li GioiJ. LibbyM. LiengR. LindnerS. LindseyC. LinnB. LiuG. LiuS. LöchnerJ. H. LopesE. Lopez AsamarN. Lopez-MarchP. LoveridgeJ. LuisierB. M&#39;charekF. MachefertI. V. MachikhiliyanF. MaciucO. MaevJ. MagninA. MaierS. MaldeR. M. D. MamunurG. MancaG. MancinelliN. MangiafaveU. MarconiR. MärkiJ. MarksG. MartellottiA. MartensL. MartinD. Martinez SantosA. MassaferriZ. MatheC. MatteuzziV. MatveevE. MauriceB. MaynardA. MazurovG. McGregorR. McNultyC. McLeanM. MerkJ. MerkelM. MerkinR. MessiF. C. D. MetlicaS. MiglioranziM. -N. MinardG. MoineS. MonteilD. MoranJ. MorantJ. V. MorrisJ. MoscickiR. MountainI. MousF. MuheimR. MuresanF. MurtasB. MurynM. MusyJ. Mylroie-SmithP. NaikT. NakadaR. NandakumarJ. NardulliA. NawrotM. NedosM. NeedhamN. NeufeldP. NeustroevM. NicolL. NicolasS. NiesV. NiessN. NikitinA. NoorA. Oblakowska-MuchaV. ObraztsovS. OggeroO. OkhrimenkoR. OldemanM. OrlandeaA. OstankovJ. PalaciosM. PalutanJ. PanmanA. PapadelisA. PapanestisM. PappagalloC. ParkesC. J. ParkinsonG. PassalevaG. D. PatelM. PatelS. K. PatersonG. N. PatrickC. PatrignaniE. PaunaC. PaunaC. PavelA. Pazos AlvarezA. PellegrinoG. PensoM. Pepe AltarelliS. PerazziniD. L. PeregoE. Perez TrigoA. Pérez-Calero YzquierdoP. PerretG. PessinaA. PetrellaA. PetroliniE. Picatoste OlloquiB. Pie VallsD. PiedigrossiB. PietrzykD. PinciS. PlayferM. Plo CasasusM. Poli-LenerG. PolokA. PoluektovE. PolycarpoD. PopovB. PopoviciS. PossC. PotteratA. PowellS. PozziT. Du PreeV. PugatchA. Puig NavarroW. QianJ. H. RademackerB. RakotomiaramananaI. RaniukG. RavenS. RedfordW. ReeceA. C. dos ReisS. RicciardiJ. RieraK. RinnertD. A. Roa RomeroP. RobbeE. RodriguesF. RodriguesC. Rodriguez CoboP. Rodriguez PerezG. J. RogersV. RomanovskyE. Rondan SanabriaM. RoselloG. RospabeJ. RouvinetL. RoyT. RufH. RuizC. RummelV. RusinovG. SabatinoJ. J. Saborido SilvaN. SagidovaP. SailB. SaittaT. SakhelashviliC. SalzmannA. Sambade VarelaM. SanninoR. SantacesariaR. SantinelliE. SantovettiM. SapunovA. SartiC. SatrianoA. SattaT. SavidgeM. SavrieD. SavrinaP. SchaackM. SchillerS. SchleichM. SchmellingB. SchmidtO. SchneiderT. SchneiderA. SchopperM. -H. SchuneR. SchwemmerA. SciubbaM. SecoA. SemennikovK. SenderowskaN. SerraJ. SerranoB. ShaoM. ShapkinI. ShapovalP. ShatalovY. ShcheglovT. ShearsL. ShekhtmanV. ShevchenkoA. ShiresS. SigurdssonE. SimioniH. P. SkottoweT. SkwarnickiN. SmaleA. SmithA. C. SmithN. A. SmithK. SobczakF. J. P. SolerA. SolominP. SomogyF. SoomroB. Souza De PaulaB. SpaanA. SparkesE. SpiridenkovP. SpradlinA. SrednickiF. StagniS. StahlS. SteinerO. SteinkampO. StenyakinS. StoicaS. StoneB. StoraciU. StraumannN. StylesM. SzczekowskiP. SzczypkaT. SzumlakS. T&#39;JampensE. TarkovskiyE. TeodorescuH. TerrierF. TeubertC. ThomasE. ThomasJ. van TilburgV. TisserandM. TobinS. Topp-JoergensenM. T. TranS. TraynorU. TrunkA. TsaregorodtsevN. TuningA. UklejaO. UllalandU. UwerV. VagnoniG. ValentiA. van LysebettenR. Vazquez GomezP. Vazquez RegueiroS. VecchiJ. J. VelthuisM. VeltriK. VervinkB. ViaudI. VideauD. VieiraX. Vilasis-CardonaJ. VisniakovA. VollhardtD. VolyanskyyD. VoongA. VorobyevAn. VorobyevH. VossK. WackerS. WandernothJ. WangD. R. WardA. D. WebberD. WebsdaleM. WhiteheadD. WiednerL. WiggersG. WilkinsonM. P. WilliamsM. WilliamsF. F. WilsonJ. WishahiM. WitekW. WitzelingM. L. WoodwardS. A. WottonK. WyllieY. XieF. XingZ. YangG. Ybeles SmitR. YoungO. YushchenkoM. ZengL. ZhangY. ZhangA. ZhelezovE. Zverev

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