This article reports the first measurement of prompt χc1 and χc2 charmonium production in nuclear collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies. The cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) is measured in pPb collisions at √sNN=8.16 TeV, collected with the LHCb experiment. The χc1,2 states are reconstructed via their decay to a J/ψ meson, subsequently decaying into a pair of oppositely charged muons, and a photon, which is reconstructed in the calorimeter or via its conversion in the detector material. The cross-section ratio is consistent with unity in the two considered rapidity regions. Comparison with a corresponding cross-section ratio previously measured by the LHCb Collaboration in pp collisions suggests that χc1 and χc2 states are similarly affected by nuclear effects occurring in pPb collisions.

Measurement of the prompt-production cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) in pPb collisions at sNN =8.16 TeV / Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Afsharnia, H., Aidala, C.A., Aiola, S., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Aliouche, Z., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW C. - ISSN 2469-9985. - 103:6(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064905]

Measurement of the prompt-production cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) in pPb collisions at sNN =8.16 TeV

Capriotti, L.;Casse, G.;Sarti, A.;Sciubba, A.;
2021

Abstract

This article reports the first measurement of prompt χc1 and χc2 charmonium production in nuclear collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies. The cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) is measured in pPb collisions at √sNN=8.16 TeV, collected with the LHCb experiment. The χc1,2 states are reconstructed via their decay to a J/ψ meson, subsequently decaying into a pair of oppositely charged muons, and a photon, which is reconstructed in the calorimeter or via its conversion in the detector material. The cross-section ratio is consistent with unity in the two considered rapidity regions. Comparison with a corresponding cross-section ratio previously measured by the LHCb Collaboration in pp collisions suggests that χc1 and χc2 states are similarly affected by nuclear effects occurring in pPb collisions.
2021
B physics, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Heavy quark production, Spectroscopy
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Measurement of the prompt-production cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) in pPb collisions at sNN =8.16 TeV / Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Afsharnia, H., Aidala, C.A., Aiola, S., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Aliouche, Z., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW C. - ISSN 2469-9985. - 103:6(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064905]
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