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).

Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., et al. (2014). Study of Y production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at √s_NN = 5 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014(7) [10.1007/JHEP07(2014)094].

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

Borsato, M;CALVI, MARTA;CASSINA, LORENZO;GOTTI, CLAUDIO;KHANJI, BASEM;KUCHARCZYK, MARCIN;Martinelli, M;
2014

Abstract

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).
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Heavy Ions; Heavy quark production; Particle and resonance production; Quarkonium; Relativistic heavy ion physics; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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2014
2014
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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., et al. (2014). Study of Y production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at √s_NN = 5 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014(7) [10.1007/JHEP07(2014)094].
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