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Measurement of ψ(2S) to J/ψ cross-section ratio as function of multiplicity in pPb collisions at sNN=8.16 TeV

  • The LHCb collaboration
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • University of Warwick
  • University of Zurich
  • University of Liverpool
  • Syracuse University
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • University of Bristol
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Uppsala University
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Université Clermont Auvergne
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Fakultät Physik
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • CERN
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Cambridge
  • Sorbonne Université
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Peking University
  • University of Milan - Bicocca
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE)
  • CPPM
  • Institute of Physics
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
  • University of Oxford
  • Heidelberg University 

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Abstract

The production ratio of ψ(2S) to J/ψ charmonium states is presented as a function of multiplicity in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sNN=8.16 TeV, for both prompt and nonprompt sources. The total luminosity recorded by the LHCb experiment corresponds to 13.6 nb−1 for pPb collisions and 20.8 nb−1 for Pbp collisions, where the first particle corresponds to the particle traveling towards the detector. Measurements are performed in the dimuon final state at forward (backward) centre-of-mass rapidity, with respect to the proton direction, 1.5 < y*< 4.0 (−5.0 < y*< −2.5) for pPb (Pbp) collisions. A multiplicity dependence of the prompt production ratio is observed in pPb collisions, whereas no dependence is found in nonprompt production, nor in either prompt or nonprompt production in Pbp collisions. These results suggest that in the Pb-going direction additional suppression mechanisms beyond comover effects may be present, possibly related to the formation of quark-gluon plasma. This highlights a transition from small to large collision systems and provides important insight into the suppression of charmonia in proton-nucleus collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number169
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2025
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2025
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heavy Ion Experiments
  • Heavy-Ion Collision
  • Quarkonium

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