The differential production cross sections of B± mesons are measured via the exclusive decay channels B±→J/ψK±→μ+μ-K± as a function of transverse momentum in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy sNN=5.02 TeV per nucleon pair with the CMS detector at the LHC. The pp(Pb-Pb) data set used for this analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 28.0 pb-1 (351 μb-1). The measurement is performed in the B± meson transverse momentum range of 7 to 50 GeV/c, in the rapidity interval |y|<2.4. In this kinematic range, a strong suppression of the production cross section by about a factor of 2 is observed in the Pb-Pb system in comparison to the expectation from pp reference data. These results are found to be roughly compatible with theoretical calculations incorporating beauty quark diffusion and energy loss in a quark-gluon plasma.

Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., et al. (2017). Measurement of the B± Meson Nuclear Modification Factor in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 119(15), 1-17 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.152301].

Measurement of the B± Meson Nuclear Modification Factor in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV

Battilana, C.;Bonacorsi, D.;Braibant-Giacomelli, S.;Campanini, R.;Capiluppi, P.;Castro, A.;Chhibra, S. S.;Cuffiani, M.;Fanfani, A.;Fasanella, D.;Guiducci, L.;Navarria, F. L.;Rossi, A. M.;Rovelli, T.;Siroli, G. P.;Tosi, N.;
2017

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The differential production cross sections of B± mesons are measured via the exclusive decay channels B±→J/ψK±→μ+μ-K± as a function of transverse momentum in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy sNN=5.02 TeV per nucleon pair with the CMS detector at the LHC. The pp(Pb-Pb) data set used for this analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 28.0 pb-1 (351 μb-1). The measurement is performed in the B± meson transverse momentum range of 7 to 50 GeV/c, in the rapidity interval |y|<2.4. In this kinematic range, a strong suppression of the production cross section by about a factor of 2 is observed in the Pb-Pb system in comparison to the expectation from pp reference data. These results are found to be roughly compatible with theoretical calculations incorporating beauty quark diffusion and energy loss in a quark-gluon plasma.
2017
Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., et al. (2017). Measurement of the B± Meson Nuclear Modification Factor in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 119(15), 1-17 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.152301].
Sirunyan, A.M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Fr...espandi
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