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. 2017 Feb 27;77(2):135. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4686-z

Table 2.

LO and NLO QCD inclusive cross sections for single B production at the LHC, running at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV. The results are shown together with the associated scale and PDF relative uncertainties in the context of several benchmark scenarios

mB [GeV] Scenario σLO [pb] σNLO [pb]
400 BZ1 (1.277100)-3.0%+2.9%-2.6%+2.6% (1.288100)-0.4%+0.9%-2.6%+2.6%
BZ2 (3.573100)-1.3%+0.8%-4.8%+4.8% (3.668100)-0.3%+1.0%-4.7%+4.7%
BW1 (2.021100)-3.0%+2.9%-1.7%+1.7% (2.033100)-0.6%+0.9%-1.7%+1.7%
BW2 (3.037100)-0.7%+0.0%-1.4%+1.4% (3.161100)-0.7%+1.3%-1.4%+1.4%
800 BZ1 (3.19710-1)-5.9%+6.6%-3.3%+3.3% (3.46110-1)-1.2%+1.0%-3.2%+3.2%
BZ2 (6.77710-1)-4.6%+4.9%-8.0%+8.0% (7.67110-1)-1.3%+1.4%-7.4%+7.4%
BW1 (5.45010-1)-5.8%+6.4%-1.8%+1.8% (5.85810-1)-1.1%+1.0%-1.8%+1.8%
BW2 (5.33510-1)-3.5%+3.4%-2.0%+2.0% (5.93810-1)-0.8%+1.4%-1.8%+1.8%
1200 BZ1 (1.12910-1)-7.6%+8.8%-4.2%+4.2% (1.29110-1)-2.3%+1.7%-4.0%+4.0%
BZ2 (1.96610-1)-6.5%+7.2%-12.6%+12.6% (2.26810-1)-2.0%+1.7%-11.8%+11.8%
BW1 (2.02110-1)-7.3%+8.5%-2.0%+2.0% (2.29810-1)-2.1%+1.5%-2.1%+2.1%
BW2 (1.40610-1)-5.4%+5.7%-3.3%+3.3% (1.64510-1)-1.8%+1.8%-3.1%+3.1%
1600 BZ1 (4.60710-2)-8.8%+10.3%-5.2%+5.2% (5.51910-2)-3.1%+2.6%-4.9%+4.9%
BZ2 (6.93410-2)-7.8%+8.9%-18.9%+18.9% (8.31610-2)-2.8%+2.5%-17.6%+17.6%
BW1 (8.60310-2)-8.5%+9.9%-2.4%+2.4% (1.02210-1)-3.0%+2.4%-2.4%+2.4%
BW2 (4.44710-2)-6.7%+7.4%-5.1%+5.1% (5.42310-2)-2.6%+2.5%-4.7%+4.7%
2000 BZ1 (2.02210-2)-9.7%+11.6%-6.4%+6.4% (2.51610-2)-3.9%+3.3%-6.1%+6.1%
BZ2 (2.75110-2)-8.7%+10.2%-26.9%+26.9% (3.41210-2)-3.5%+3.2%-25.1%+25.1%
BW1 (3.92210-2)-9.4%+11.2%-2.9%+2.9% (4.87310-2)-3.8%+3.3%-2.8%+2.8%
BW2 (1.56410-2)-7.8%+8.8%-7.3%+7.3% (1.98110-2)-3.3%+3.2%-6.9%+6.9%