Suppression of ϒ(1S), ϒ(2S), and ϒ(3S) quarkonium states in PbPb collisions at s<inf>NN</inf>=2.76TeV

Khachatryan, V; Sirunyan, AM; Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Asilar, E; Bergauer, T; Brandstetter, J; Brondolin, E; Dragicevic, M; Erö, J; Flechl, M; Friedl, M; Frühwirth, R; Ghete, VM; Hartl, C; Hörmann, N; Hrubec, J; Jeitler, M; König, A; Krätschmer, I; Liko, D; Matsushita, T; Mikulec, I; Rabady, D; Rad, N; Rahbaran, B; Rohringer, H; Schieck, J; Strauss, J; Waltenberger, W; Wulz, CE; Dvornikov, O; Makarenko, V; Zykunov, V; Mossolov, V; Shumeiko, N; Suarez Gonzalez, J; Alderweireldt, S; De Wolf, EA; Janssen, X; Lauwers, J; Van De Klundert, M; Van Haevermaet, H; Van Mechelen, P; Van Remortel, N; Van Spilbeeck, A; Abu Zeid, S; Blekman, F; D'Hondt, J; Daci, N; De Bruyn, I; Deroover, K; Lowette, S; Moortgat, S; Moreels, L; Olbrechts, A; Python, Q; Tavernier, S; Van Doninck, W; Van Mulders, P; Van Parijs, I; Brun, H; Clerbaux, B; De Lentdecker, G; Delannoy, H; Fasanella, G; Favart, L; Goldouzian, R; Grebenyuk, A; Karapostoli, G; Lenzi, T; Léonard, A; Luetic, J; Maerschalk, T; Marinov, A; Randle-conde, A; Seva, T; Vander Velde, C; Vanlaer, P; Vannerom, D; Yonamine, R; Zenoni, F; Zhang, F; Cimmino, A; Cornelis, T; Dobur, D; Fagot, A; Garcia, G; Gul, M; Khvastunov, I; Poyraz, D; Salva, S; Schöfbeck, R; Sharma, A; Tytgat, M; Van Driessche, W; Yazgan, E; Zaganidis, N; Bakhshiansohi, H; Beluffi, C

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Title:	Suppression of ϒ(1S), ϒ(2S), and ϒ(3S) quarkonium states in PbPb collisions at s<inf>NN</inf>=2.76TeV
Authors:	Khachatryan, V Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Brondolin, E Dragicevic, M Erö, J Flechl, M Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Hartl, C Hörmann, N Hrubec, J Jeitler, M König, A Krätschmer, I Liko, D Matsushita, T Mikulec, I Rabady, D Rad, N Rahbaran, B Rohringer, H Schieck, J Strauss, J Waltenberger, W Wulz, CE Dvornikov, O Makarenko, V Zykunov, V Mossolov, V Shumeiko, N Suarez Gonzalez, J Alderweireldt, S De Wolf, EA Janssen, X Lauwers, J Van De Klundert, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Van Spilbeeck, A Abu Zeid, S Blekman, F D'Hondt, J Daci, N De Bruyn, I Deroover, K Lowette, S Moortgat, S Moreels, L Olbrechts, A Python, Q Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Van Mulders, P Van Parijs, I Brun, H Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Delannoy, H Fasanella, G Favart, L Goldouzian, R Grebenyuk, A Karapostoli, G Lenzi, T Léonard, A Luetic, J Maerschalk, T Marinov, A Randle-conde, A Seva, T Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Vannerom, D Yonamine, R Zenoni, F Zhang, F Cimmino, A Cornelis, T Dobur, D Fagot, A Garcia, G Gul, M Khvastunov, I Poyraz, D Salva, S Schöfbeck, R Sharma, A Tytgat, M Van Driessche, W Yazgan, E Zaganidis, N Bakhshiansohi, H Beluffi, C
Issue Date:	2017
Citation:	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 2017, 770 pp. 357 - 379
Abstract:	© 2017 The Author(s)The production yields of ϒ(1S), ϒ(2S), and ϒ(3S) quarkonium states are measured through their decays into muon pairs in the CMS detector, in PbPb and pp collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 2.76 TeV. The data correspond to integrated luminosities of 166μb−1 and 5.4pb−1 for PbPb and pp collisions, respectively. Differential production cross sections are reported as functions of ϒ rapidity y up to 2.4, and transverse momentum pT up to 20GeV/c. A strong centrality-dependent suppression is observed in PbPb relative to pp collisions, by factors of up to ≈2 and 8, for the ϒ(1S) and ϒ(2S) states, respectively. No significant dependence of this suppression is observed as a function of y or pT. The ϒ(3S) state is not observed in PbPb collisions, which corresponds to a suppression for the centrality-integrated data by at least a factor of ≈7 at a 95% confidence level. The observed suppression is in agreement with theoretical scenarios modeling the sequential melting of quarkonium states in a quark gluon plasma.
URI:	http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14714
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.04.031
ISSN:	0370-2693
Appears in Collections:	Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers

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