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Production of inclusive ϒ(1S) and ϒ(2S) in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV

  • ALICE Collaboration
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering
  • Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Panjab University
  • CERN
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Sezione INFN
  • University of Bologna
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
  • Aligarh Muslim University
  • COMSATS University Islamabad
  • Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
  • Yale University
  • Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
  • University of Birmingham
  • Centro Fermi - Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics Nasu
  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
  • University of Bergen
  • St. Petersburg State University
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering
  • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
  • Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • University of Münster
  • Ruder Boskovic Institute
  • Nantes Université
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • University of Oslo
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • University of Cape Town
  • Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN
  • Gangneung-Wonju National University
  • Université Clermont Auvergne
  • University of Jammu
  • IRFU
  • Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar
  • University of Catania
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • University of Houston
  • Wayne State University
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
  • Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)
  • St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University
  • Institute for Subatomic Physics of Utrecht University
  • Gauhati University
  • University of Tsukuba
  • INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Di Frascati
  • Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Institute for High Energy Physics
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
  • Pusan National University
  • STFC Daresbury Laboratory
  • National Research Foundation
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • Purdue University
  • Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF)
  • Central China Normal University
  • Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru
  • University of Tennessee
  • Sezione INFN
  • Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear
  • University of Jyväskylä
  • Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
  • Creighton University
  • Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • University of Lund
  • Université Grenoble Alpes
  • CNRS-IN2P3
  • Centro de Investigación y de Estudios AVanzados (CINVESTAV)
  • Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Institute of Space Science (ISS)
  • Bose Institute
  • National Centre for Nuclear Studies
  • University of Helsinki
  • University of Liverpool
  • RAS - Institute for Nuclear Research
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Ohio State University
  • Chicago State University
  • University of Split
  • Warsaw University of Technology
  • A. Alikhanian Yerevan Institute of Physics
  • Tokyo University
  • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
  • Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Sejong University
  • Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Yonsei University
  • KTO Karatay University
  • Fachhochschule Worms
  • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Suranaree University of Technology
  • Inha University
  • University of South-Eastern Norway
  • Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa
  • M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Comenius University
  • University of Belgrade
  • Polytechnic University of Bari
  • Indian Institute of Technology Indore
  • National Institute of Science Education and Research
  • Konkuk University
  • Hiroshima University
  • Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Zagreb
  • University of Rajasthan
  • University of Wrocław
  • Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
  • University of Kansas
  • Centre de calcul de l'IN2P3
  • University of the Witwatersrand

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Abstract

We report on the production of inclusive ϒ(1S) and ϒ(2S) in p–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV at the LHC. The measurement is performed with the ALICE detector at backward (−4.46<ycms<−2.96) and forward (2.03<ycms<3.53) rapidity down to zero transverse momentum. The production cross sections of the ϒ(1S) and ϒ(2S) are presented, as well as the nuclear modification factor and the ratio of the forward to backward yields of ϒ(1S). A suppression of the inclusive ϒ(1S) yield in p–Pb collisions with respect to the yield from pp collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions is observed at forward rapidity but not at backward rapidity. The results are compared to theoretical model calculations including nuclear shadowing or partonic energy loss effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-117
Number of pages13
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume740
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jan 2015

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