Inclusive J/ψ production at forward and backward rapidity in p-Pb collisions at √sNN=8.16 TeV

Summary, in English

Inclusive J/ψ production is studied in p-Pb interactions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon collision sNN=8.16 TeV, using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. The J/ψ meson is reconstructed, via its decay to a muon pair, in the centre-of-mass rapidity intervals 2.03 < ycms < 3.53 and −4.46 < ycms < −2.96, where positive and negative ycms refer to the p-going and Pb-going direction, respectively. The transverse momentum coverage is pT < 20 GeV/c. In this paper, ycms- and pT-differential cross sections for inclusive J/ψ production are presented, and the corresponding nuclear modification factors RpPb are shown. Forward results show a suppression of the J/ψ yield with respect to pp collisions, concentrated in the region pT ≲ 5 GeV/c. At backward rapidity no significant suppression is observed. The results are compared to previous measurements by ALICE in p-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV and to theoretical calculations. Finally, the ratios RFB between forward- and backward-ycmsRpPb values are shown and discussed.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2018, The Author(s).

• Author: S Acharya; F. T. Acosta; D. Adamova; Jonatan Adolfsson; M.M Aggarwal; G Aglieri Rinella; Peter Christiansen; Martin Ljunggren; Adrian Nassirpour; Anders Oskarsson; Tuva Richert; David Silvermyr; Evert Stenlund; Vytautas Vislavicius
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
• Publishing year: 2018-07-25
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Volume: 2018
• Issue: 7
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2018)160
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Keywords: Heavy Ion Experiments
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1029-8479