This article reports the first measurement of prompt χc1 and χc2 charmonium production in nuclear collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies. The cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) is measured in p Pb collisions at √s_NN = 8.16 TeV, collected with the LHCb experiment. The χc1,2 states are reconstructed via their decay to a J/ψ meson, subsequently decaying into a pair of oppositely charged muons, and a photon, which is reconstructed in the calorimeter or via its conversion in the detector material. The cross-section ratio is consistent with unity in the two considered rapidity regions. Comparison with a corresponding cross-section ratio previously measured by the LHCb Collaboration in pp collisions suggests that χc1 and χc2 states are similarly affected by nuclear effects occurring in p Pb collisions.

Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Afsharnia, H., et al. (2021). Measurement of the Prompt-Production Cross-Section Ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) in p Pb collisions at √s_NN = 8.16 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 103(6), 1-10 [10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064905].

Measurement of the Prompt-Production Cross-Section Ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) in p Pb collisions at √s_NN = 8.16 TeV

Capriotti, L.;Carbone, A.;Ferrari, F.;Galli, D.;Maccolini, S.;Manuzzi, D.;Patrignani, C.;Pisani, F.;Zucchelli, S.;
2021

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This article reports the first measurement of prompt χc1 and χc2 charmonium production in nuclear collisions at Large Hadron Collider energies. The cross-section ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) is measured in p Pb collisions at √s_NN = 8.16 TeV, collected with the LHCb experiment. The χc1,2 states are reconstructed via their decay to a J/ψ meson, subsequently decaying into a pair of oppositely charged muons, and a photon, which is reconstructed in the calorimeter or via its conversion in the detector material. The cross-section ratio is consistent with unity in the two considered rapidity regions. Comparison with a corresponding cross-section ratio previously measured by the LHCb Collaboration in pp collisions suggests that χc1 and χc2 states are similarly affected by nuclear effects occurring in p Pb collisions.
2021
Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Afsharnia, H., et al. (2021). Measurement of the Prompt-Production Cross-Section Ratio σ(χc2)/σ(χc1) in p Pb collisions at √s_NN = 8.16 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 103(6), 1-10 [10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064905].
Aaij, R.; Abellán Beteta, C.; Ackernley, T.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Afsharnia, H.; Aidala, C.A.; Aiola, S.; Ajaltouni, Z.; Akar, S.; Albrecht, J.; A...espandi
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