Prompt and non-prompt J/ψJ/\psi and ψ(2S)\psi (2\mathrm {S}) suppression at high transverse momentum in 5.02 TeV5.02~\mathrm {TeV} Pb+Pb collisions with the ATLAS experiment

Collaboration
May 10, 2018
39 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 78 (2018) 9, 762
  • Published: Sep 21, 2018
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Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2018-049
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Abstract: (Springer)
A measurement of J/ψJ/\psi and ψ(2S)\psi (2\mathrm {S}) production is presented. It is based on a data sample from Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV\sqrt{s_{\mathrm {NN}}} = 5.02~\mathrm {TeV} and pp collisions at s=5.02 TeV\sqrt{s} = 5.02~\mathrm {TeV} recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.42 nb10.42~\mathrm {nb}^{-1} and 25 pb125~\mathrm {pb}^{-1} in Pb+Pb and pp, respectively. The measurements of per-event yields, nuclear modification factors, and non-prompt fractions are performed in the dimuon decay channel for 9<pTμμ<409< p_{T}^{\mu \mu } < 40 GeV in dimuon transverse momentum, and 2<yμμ<2-2< y_{\mu \mu } < 2 in rapidity. Strong suppression is found in Pb+Pb collisions for both prompt and non-prompt J/ψJ/\psi , increasing with event centrality. The suppression of prompt ψ(2S)\psi (2\mathrm {S}) is observed to be stronger than that of J/ψJ/\psi , while the suppression of non-prompt ψ(2S)\psi (2\mathrm {S}) is equal to that of the non-prompt J/ψJ/\psi within uncertainties, consistent with the expectation that both arise from b-quarks propagating through the medium. Despite prompt and non-prompt J/ψJ/\psi arising from different mechanisms, the dependence of their nuclear modification factors on centrality is found to be quite similar.
Note:
  • dimuon: transverse momentum
  • transverse momentum: high
  • dimuon: decay
  • p p: scattering
  • charmonium: suppression
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • charmonium: direct production
  • quantum chromodynamics: matter
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • charmonium: regeneration