Measurement of Υ(1S+2S+3S)\Upsilon(1S+2S+3S) production in p+pp+p and Au++Au collisions at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200 GeV

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Apr 8, 2014
16 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.C 91 (2015) 2, 024913
  • Published: Feb 24, 2015
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Abstract: (APS)

Measurements of bottomonium production in heavy-ion and p+p collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are presented. The inclusive yield of the three Υ states, Υ(1S+2S+3S), was measured in the PHENIX experiment via electron-positron decay pairs at midrapidity for Au+Au and p+p collisions at sNN=200 GeV. The Υ(1S+2S+3S)e+e differential cross section at midrapidity was found to be Beedσ/dy=108±38(stat)±15(syst)±11(luminosity) pb in p+p collisions. The nuclear modification factor in the 30% most central Au+Au collisions indicates a suppression of the total Υ state yield relative to the extrapolation from p+p collision data. The suppression is consistent with measurements made by STAR at RHIC and at higher energies by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.

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  • 505 authors, 15 pages, 17 figures, and 7 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev. C. v2 has changes to text and figures, plus additional authors, to match journal submission. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html
  • 506 authors, 15 pages, 17 figures, and 7 tables. v3 is as accepted by Phys. Rev. C. v2 has changes to text and figures, plus additional authors. Published version will be at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/phenix/WWW/info/pp1/1NN/ Plain text data tables are (or will be) at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html
  • 25.75.Dw
  • p p: inclusive reaction
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • gold
  • upsilon mesons: hadroproduction
  • upsilon mesons: leptonic decay
  • electron positron: mass spectrum
  • differential cross section: measured
  • upsilon mesons: yield
  • upsilon mesons: suppression