J/ψ production as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in p-Pb collisions at √sNN = 8.16 TeV

Summary, in English

Inclusive J/ψ yields and average transverse momenta in p-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair sNN = 8.16 TeV are measured as a function of the charged-particle pseudorapidity density with ALICE. The J/ψ mesons are reconstructed at forward (2.03 < ycms< 3.53) and backward (−4.46 < ycms< −2.96) center-of-mass rapidity in their dimuon decay channel while the charged-particle pseudorapidity density is measured around midrapidity. The J/ψ yields at forward and backward rapidity normalized to their respective average values increase with the normalized charged-particle pseudorapidity density, the former showing a weaker increase than the latter. The normalized average transverse momenta at forward and backward rapidity manifest a steady increase from low to high charged-particle pseudorapidity density with a saturation beyond the average value. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2020, The Author(s).

• Author: S Acharya; Jonatan Adolfsson; Peter Christiansen; Oliver Matonoha; Adrian Nassirpour; Alice Ohlson; Anders Oskarsson; Tuva Richert; Omar Vazquez Rueda; David Silvermyr; Evert Stenlund; N Zurlo
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
• Publishing year: 2020
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Volume: 2020
• Issue: 9
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2020)162
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Keywords: Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Particle correlations and fluctuations
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1029-8479