Abstract
Production of Υ mesons in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy √sNN = 5 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 nb-1. The Υ mesons of transverse momenta up to 15 GeV/c are reconstructed in the dimuon decay mode. The rapidity coverage in the centre-of-mass system is 1.5 < y < 4.0 (forward region) and -5.0 < y < -2.5 (backward region). The forward-backward production ratio and the nuclear modification factor for Υ (1S) mesons are determined. The data are compatible with the predictions for a suppression of Υ (1S) production with respect to proton-proton collisions in the forward region, and an enhancement in the backward region. The suppression is found to be smaller than in the case of prompt J/ψ mesons.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 94 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
| Volume | 2014 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Heavy Ions
- Heavy quark production
- Particle and resonance production
- Quarkonium
- Relativistic heavy ion physics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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