Production of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at high transverse momentum in Pb-Pb collisions at ,√SNN=5.02 and 2.76 TeV



Acharya, S, Adamova, D, Adler, A, Adolfsson, J, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU
et al (show 992 more authors) (2021) Production of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at high transverse momentum in Pb-Pb collisions at ,√SNN=5.02 and 2.76 TeV PHYSICS LETTERS B, 820. 136558-. ISSN 0370-2693, 1873-2445

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Abstract

Measurements of the production of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in Pb–Pb collisions at s<inf>NN</inf>=5.02 and 2.76 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC are reported. The nuclear modification factor R<inf>AA</inf> at s<inf>NN</inf>=5.02 TeV is measured at forward rapidity (2.5<y<4) as a function of transverse momentum p<inf>T</inf> in central, semi-central, and peripheral collisions over a wide p<inf>T</inf> interval, 3<p<inf>T</inf><20 GeV/c, in which muons from beauty-hadron decays are expected to take over from charm as the dominant source at high p<inf>T</inf> (p<inf>T</inf>>7 GeV/c). The R<inf>AA</inf> shows an increase of the suppression of the yields of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays with increasing centrality. A suppression by a factor of about three is observed in the 10% most central collisions. The R<inf>AA</inf> at s<inf>NN</inf>=5.02 TeV is similar to that at s<inf>NN</inf>=2.76 TeV. The precise R<inf>AA</inf> measurements have the potential to distinguish between model predictions implementing different mechanisms of parton energy loss in the high-density medium formed in heavy-ion collisions. They place important constraints for the understanding of the heavy-quark interaction with the hot and dense QCD medium.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Dec 2021 13:40
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2026 07:19
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136558
Open Access URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3145572
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