scholarly journals ψ(2S) Production in p-Pb and Pb-Pb Collisions with the ALICE Experiment

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Luca Micheletti

The inclusive production of the charmonium state ψ ( 2 S ) was studied in p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at s NN = 8.16 TeV and 5.02 TeV respectively, using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. The ψ ( 2 S ) is less bound than the J / ψ and it represents an interesting probe for the study of cold nuclear matter effects in p-Pb collisions, while in the Pb-Pb system its formation can be strongly influenced by QGP production. The measurements are performed in different center-of-mass rapidity ranges, 2.03 < y cms < 3.53 and −4.46 < y cms < −2.96 for p-Pb collisions and 2.5 < y cms < 4.0 for Pb-Pb collisions, down to zero transverse momentum, through the ψ ( 2 S ) → μ + μ - decay channel. The results are compared to those obtained for the J / ψ and with theoretical predictions.

2018 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 00018
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Trombetta

Various Cold Nuclear Matter (CNM) effects, such as nuclear shadowing or partonic energy loss, can modify the production of J/Ψ in heavy-ion collisions with respect to what is measured in elementary colliding systems. The study of p-Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energy scale represents a crucial tool to assess the influence of Cold Nuclear Matter on J/Ψ production in order to achieve a more correct interpretation of Pb-Pb collision results. The ALICE detector at the LHC is capable of reconstructing J/Ψ mesons at central rapidity through their e+e- decay channel down to zero transverse momentum (pT), and has measured the fraction of J/Ψ produced from the decay of beauty-flavoured hadrons (non-prompt J/Ψ) in p-Pb collisions down to pT = 1:3 GeV/c. In this paper, the results obtained by ALICE from the measurement of the prompt and non-prompt J/Ψ yields at mid-rapidity in p-Pb collisions at √SNN = 5.02 TeV will be discussed in comparison to different theoretical predictions including CNM effects.


2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 566
Author(s):  
F. Fionda

In (ultra-)relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the strongly interactingmatter is predicted to undergo a phase transition into a plasma of deconfinedquarks and gluons (QGP) and quarkonia probe different aspects of this medium.However, the medium modification of quarkonium production includes also the contribution of cold nuclear matter effects (CNM), such as shadowing or nuclear break-up in addition to QGP effects. Proton--nucleus collisions, where no QGP is expected, are used to measure cold nuclear matter effects on quarkonium production. Vacuum production of quarkonia is modelled in proton--proton (pp) collisions, which are used as reference for both heavy-ion and proton--nucleus collisions. Besides serving as reference, results in pp collisions represent a benchmark test of QCD based models in both perturbative and non-perturbative regimes. The ALICE detector has unique capabilities at the LHC for measuring quarkonia down to zero transverse momentum. Measurements are carried out at both central and forward rapidity, in the dielectron and dimuon decay channel, respectively. In this contribution the latest quarkonium measurements for various energies and colliding systems, performed by the ALICE Collaboration during the LHC Run-2 period, will be discussed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 680 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.G. Ferreiro ◽  
F. Fleuret ◽  
J.P. Lansberg ◽  
A. Rakotozafindrabe

2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 18015
Author(s):  
Xinjie Huang

In these proceedings, we present the latest measurements of J/ψ and ϒ by the STAR experiment. The J/ψ and ϒ production measured in p+p collisions provide new baselines for similar measurements in Au+Au collisions, while the measurements in p+Au collisions can help quantify the cold nuclear matter effects. The J/ψ υ2 is measured in both U+U and Au+Au collisions to place constraints on the amount of J/ψ arising from recombination of deconfined charm and anti-charm pairs. Furthermore, the nuclear modification factors for ground and excited ϒ states as a function of transverse momentum and centrality are presented, and compared to those measured at the LHC as well as to theoretical calculations.


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