Sumit Basu
Postdoctoral Researcher
ψ (2S) Suppression in Pb-Pb Collisions at the LHC
Author
Summary, in English
The production of the ψ(2S) charmonium state was measured with ALICE in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV, in the dimuon decay channel. A significant signal was observed for the first time at LHC energies down to zero transverse momentum, at forward rapidity (2.5<y<4). The measurement of the ratio of the inclusive production cross sections of the ψ(2S) and J/ψ resonances is reported as a function of the centrality of the collisions and of transverse momentum, in the region pT<12 GeV/c. The results are compared with the corresponding measurements in pp collisions, by forming the double ratio [σψ(2S)/σJ/ψ]Pb−Pb/[σψ(2S)/σJ/ψ]pp. It is found that in Pb-Pb collisions the ψ(2S) is suppressed by a factor of ∼2 with respect to the J/ψ. The ψ(2S) nuclear modification factor RAA was also obtained as a function of both centrality and pT. The results show that the ψ(2S) resonance yield is strongly suppressed in Pb-Pb collisions, by a factor of up to ∼3 with respect to pp. Comparisons of cross section ratios with previous Super Proton Synchrotron findings by the NA50 experiment and of RAA with higher-pT results at LHC energy are also reported. These results and the corresponding comparisons with calculations of transport and statistical models address questions on the presence and properties of charmonium states in the quark-gluon plasma formed in nuclear collisions at the LHC.
Department/s
- Particle and nuclear physics
- eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
Publishing year
2024
Language
English
Publication/Series
Physical Review Letters
Volume
132
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Physical Society
Topic
- Subatomic Physics
Keywords
- Germanium alloys
- Lead alloys
- Charmonium
- Decay channels
- Energy
- Forward rapidity
- Measurements of
- Nuclear modification factors
- Pb-Pb collisions
- Production cross section
- Super proton synchrotrons
- Transverse momenta
- article
- controlled study
- nonhuman
- Binary alloys
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0031-9007