摘要
We studied experimental background reconstruction methods for the measurement of the D-D correlation using PYTHIA simulation.The like-sign(LS)and side-band(SB)background methods,which are widely used in the experimental measurements of single D-meson production yields,were deployed for correlation study.It was found that the LS method,which describes the combinatorial background of single D^(0) meson yields,fails to reproduce the correlated background in the D^(0)-D^(0) correlation measurement,while the SB background method yields a good description of the background for both single D^(0) yields and the correlated background of the D^(0)-D^(0) correlation measurement.We further examined the validity of the correlation methods under different signal-to-background ratios,providing direct references for experimental measurements.
基金
supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11890710,11890714,11905034)
the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB34000000)。
