Prompt and non-prompt J/ψ/\psi production at midrapidity in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV

Collaboration
Aug 30, 2023
36 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 02 (2024) 066
  • Published: Feb 9, 2024
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Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2023-190
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Abstract: (Springer)
The transverse momentum (pT_{T}) and centrality dependence of the nuclear modification factor RAA_{AA} of prompt and non-prompt J/ψ, the latter originating from the weak decays of beauty hadrons, have been measured by the ALICE collaboration in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV. The measurements are carried out through the e+^{+}e^{−} decay channel at midrapidity (|y| < 0.9) in the transverse momentum region 1.5 < pT_{T} < 10 GeV/c. Both prompt and non-prompt J/ψ measurements indicate a significant suppression for pT_{T} > 5 GeV/c, which becomes stronger with increasing collision centrality. The results are consistent with similar LHC measurements in the overlapping pT_{T} intervals, and cover the kinematic region down to pT_{T} = 1.5 GeV/c at midrapidity, not accessible by other LHC experiments. The suppression of prompt J/ψ in central and semicentral collisions exhibits a decreasing trend towards lower transverse momentum, described within uncertainties by models implementing J/ψ production from recombination of c and c \overline{\textrm{c}} quarks produced independently in different partonic scatterings. At high transverse momentum, transport models including quarkonium dissociation are able to describe the suppression for prompt J/ψ. For non-prompt J/ψ, the suppression predicted by models including both collisional and radiative processes for the computation of the beauty-quark energy loss inside the quark-gluon plasma is consistent with measurements within uncertainties.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • Heavy Ion Experiments
  • Heavy Quark Production
  • Quarkonium
  • gluon: plasma
  • transverse momentum: high
  • quarkonium: dissociation
  • decay: weak interaction
  • suppression
  • GeV
  • TeV