Measurement of the polarizations of prompt and non-prompt Image 1 and ψ(2S) mesons produced in pp collisions at s=13TeV

Collaboration
Jun 20, 2024
43 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 858 (2024) 139044
  • Published: Sep 30, 2024
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Report number:
  • CMS-BPH-22-009,
  • CERN-EP-2024-155
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Abstract: (Elsevier B.V.)
The polarizations of prompt and non-prompt Image 2 and ψ(2S) mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, using data samples collected by the CMS experiment in 2017 and 2018, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 103.3fb1. Based on the analysis of the dimuon decay angular distributions in the helicity frame, the polar anisotropy, λϑ, is measured as a function of the transverse momentum, pT, of the charmonium states, in the 25–120 and 20–100 GeV ranges for the Image 2 and ψ(2S), respectively. The non-prompt polarizations agree with predictions based on the hypothesis that, for pT25GeV, the non-prompt Image 2 and ψ(2S) are predominantly produced in two-body B meson decays. The prompt results clearly exclude strong transverse polarizations, even for pT exceeding 30 times the Image 2 mass, where λϑ tends to an asymptotic value around 0.3. Taken together with previous measurements, by CMS and LHCb at s=7 TeV, the prompt polarizations show a significant variation with pT, at low pT.
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  • CMS
  • Quarkonium production
  • Quarkonium polarization