Studies of J/ψ\psi production at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV

Collaboration
Sep 7, 2019
27 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 02 (2020) 041
  • Published: Feb 6, 2020
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2019-187
Experiments:

Citations per year

2019202120232025202505101520
Abstract: (Springer)
The inclusive J/ψ production in Pb–Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair sNN \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV, measured with the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC, is reported. The J/ψ meson is reconstructed via the dimuon decay channel at forward rapidity (2.5 < y < 4) down to zero transverse momentum. The suppression of the J/ψ yield in Pb–Pb collisions with respect to binary-scaled pp collisions is quantified by the nuclear modification factor (RAA_{AA}). The RAA_{AA} at sNN \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV is presented and compared with previous measurements at sNN \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 2.76 TeV as a function of the centrality of the collision, and of the J/ψ transverse momentum and rapidity. The inclusive J/ψ RAA shows a suppression increasing toward higher transverse momentum, with a steeper dependence for central collisions. The modification of the J/ψ average transverse momentum and average squared transverse momentum is also studied. Comparisons with the results of models based on a transport equation and on statistical hadronization are carried out.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • 27 pages, 9 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 22, submitted to JHEP, figures at
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • J/psi(3100): production
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • hadronization: statistical
  • dimuon: decay
  • p p: scattering
  • hadron hadron: scattering
  • rapidity
  • transverse momentum
  • suppression