Study of j/ψ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at √SNN = 5 TeV

The LHCb collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2014)072

Study of j/ψ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at √SNN = 5 TeV

The LHCb collaboration

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Abstract

The production of J/ψ mesons with rapidity 1.5 < y < 4.0 or −5.0 < y < −2.5 and transverse momentum p_T< 14 GeV/c is studied with the LHCb detector in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy √SNN = 5 TeV. The J/ψ mesons are reconstructed using the dimuon decay mode. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 1.6 nb⁻¹. For the first time the nuclear modification factor and forward-backward production ratio are determined separately for prompt J/ψ mesons and J/ψ from b-hadron decays. Clear suppression of prompt J/ψ production with respect to proton-proton collisions at large rapidity is observed, while the production of J/ψ from b-hadron decays is less suppressed. These results show good agreement with available theoretical predictions. The measurement shows that cold nuclear matter effects are important for interpretations of the related quark-gluon plasma signatures in heavy-ion collisions.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	72
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2014
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2014)072
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Heavy Ions
Heavy quark production
Particle and resonance production
Quarkonium
Relativistic heavy ion physics

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Study of j/ψ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at √SNN = 5 TeV

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