Study of Γ production in <i>p</i>Pb collisions at √<SUP>s</SUP><sub>NN</sub> <sub>=</sub>8.16 TeV



Aaij, R, Beteta, C Abellan, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Aidala, CA, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albicocco, P, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F
et al (show 834 more authors) (2018) Study of Γ production in <i>p</i>Pb collisions at √<SUP>s</SUP><sub>NN</sub> <sub>=</sub>8.16 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2018 (11). 194-.

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Abstract

The production of $\Upsilon(nS)$ mesons ($n=1,2,3$) in $p$Pb and Pb$p$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=8.16$ TeV is measured by the LHCb experiment, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 31.8 nb$^{-1}$. The $\Upsilon(nS)$ mesons are reconstructed through their decays into two opposite-sign muons. The measurements comprise the differential production cross-sections of the $\Upsilon(1S)$ and $\Upsilon(2S)$ states, their forward-to-backward ratios and nuclear modification factors, performed as a function of the transverse momentum \pt and rapidity in the nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass frame $y^*$ of the $\Upsilon(nS)$ states, in the kinematic range $p_{\rm{T}}<25$ GeV/$c$ and $1.5<y^*<4.0$ ($-5.0<y^*<-2.5$) for $p$Pb (Pb$p$) collisions. In addition, production cross-sections for $\Upsilon(3S)$ are measured integrated over phase space and the production ratios between all three $\Upsilon(nS)$ states are determined. The measurements are compared to theoretical predictions and suppressions for quarkonium in $p$Pb collisions are observed.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Heavy Ion Experiments
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 28 Feb 2019 16:04
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 23:24
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2018)194
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)194
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3033596