Upsilon suppression at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

0503663 - ÚJF 2020 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Acharya, S. - Acosta, F. T. - Adamová, Dagmar - Bielčík, J. - Bielčíková, Jana - Broz, M. - Contreras, J. G. - Horák, D. - Křížek, Filip - Kučera, Vít - Kushpil, Svetlana - Lavička, R. - Mareš, Jiří A. - Petráček, V. - Šumbera, Michal - Závada, Petr … Total 1011 authors
Upsilon suppression at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV.
Physics Letters. B. Roč. 790, č. 3 (2019), s. 89-101. ISSN 0370-2693. E-ISSN 1873-2445
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LTT17018
Research Infrastructure: CERN-CZ - 90058
Institutional support: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:61389005
Keywords : ALICE collaboration * gamma production * heavy ion collisions
OECD category: Nuclear physics; Particles and field physics (FZU-D)
Impact factor: 4.384, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.11.067

Inclusive gamma(1S) and gamma(2S) production have been measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon pair root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV, using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. The gamma mesons are reconstructed in the centre-of-mass rapidity interval 2.5 < y < 4 and in the transverse momentum range p(T) < 15 GeV/c, via their decays to muon pairs. In this Letter, we present results on the inclusive gamma(1S) nuclear modification factor R-AA as a function of collision centrality, transverse momentum and rapidity. The gamma(1S) and gamma(2S) R-AA, integrated over the centrality range 0-90%, are 0.37 +/- 0.02(stat) +/- 0.03(syst) and 0.10 +/- 0.04(stat) +/- 0.02(syst), respectively, leading to a ratio R-AA(gamma(2S))/R-AA(gamma(1S))of 0.28 +/- 0.12(stat) +/- 0.06(syst). The observed gamma(1S) suppression increases with the centrality of the collision and no significant variation is observed as a function of transverse momentum and rapidity.
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