Title: | Suppression of Excited States Relative to the Ground State in Pb-Pb Collisions at s NN=5.02 TeV |
Authors: | 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 Mossolov, V Suarez Gonzalez, J Zykunov, V Shumeiko, N 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 Skovpen, K 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 Cornelis, T Dobur, D Fagot, A Gul, M Khvastunov, I Poyraz, D Salva, S Schöfbeck, R Tytgat, M Van Driessche, W Zaganidis, N Bakhshiansohi, H |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 2018, 120 (14) |
Abstract: | © 2018 CERN. The relative yields of mesons produced in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV and reconstructed via the dimuon decay channel are measured using data collected by the CMS experiment. Double ratios are formed by comparing the yields of the excited states, (2S) and (3S), to the ground state, (1S), in both Pb-Pb and pp collisions at the same center-of-mass energy. The double ratios, [(nS)/(1S)]Pb-Pb/[(nS)/(1S)]pp, are measured to be 0.308±0.055(stat)±0.019(syst) for the (2S) and less than 0.26 at 95% confidence level for the (3S). No significant (3S) signal is found in the Pb-Pb data. The double ratios are studied as a function of collision centrality, as well as transverse momentum and rapidity. No significant dependencies are observed. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/17394 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.142301 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.142301 1079-7114 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
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