Study of production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at √sNN = 5 TeV


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Aaij R., Adeva B., Adinolfi M., Affolder A., Ajaltouni Z., Albrecht J., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of High Energy Physics, cilt.2014, sa.7, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2014 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep07(2014)094
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Relativistic heavy ion physics, Quarkonium, Heavy quark production, Heavy Ions, Particle and resonance production
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Production of mesons in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy s NN √sNN = 5 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 nb-1. The mesons of transverse momenta up to 15 GeV/c are reconstructed in the dimuon decay mode. The rapidity coverage in the centre-of-mass system is 1.5 < y < 4.0 (forward region) and -5.0 < y < -2.5 (backward region). The forward-backward production ratio and the nuclear modification factor for (1S) mesons are determined. The data are compatible with the predictions for a suppression of (1S) production with respect to proton-proton collisions in the forward region, and an enhancement in the backward region. The suppression is found to be smaller than in the case of prompt J/ψ mesons. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2014 The Author(s).