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Title: PHENIX Measurement of B → J/ ψ in Cu+Au collisions at s N N = 200  GeV and in p + p collisions at 200 GeV and 510 GeV

Abstract

This study is part of the RHIC program to probe properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma medium properties using heavy quark energy loss. Part of the control of these measurements is to understand initial production of heavy quarks and how initial conditions in nucleus collisions can alter their yields. This manuscript reports the effort made by the PHENIX collaboration to measure total B-mesons yields, by looking at the fraction of muons from non-prompt J/ψ decays at displaced vertices in p+p and Cu+Au collisions. The total cross-sections of b-quarks in 200 GeV and 510 GeV p+p collisions follow the increasing trend from fixed target experiments to high energy results from the Tevatron and the LHC. Integrated pT and centrality B-meson yields in Cu+Au integrated over transverse momentum and centrality are consistent with no nuclear modification or some enhancement, in contrast to prompt J/ψ which shows a strong suppression

Authors:
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC). Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
OSTI Identifier:
1530795
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-26114
Journal ID: ISSN 0375-9474
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Physics. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 967; Journal Issue: C; Conference: XXVIth International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2017), Chicago, Illinois, United States, 2017-02-06 - 2017-02-11; Journal ID: ISSN 0375-9474
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics; quark-gluon plasma, heavy flavor

Citation Formats

Da Silva, Cesar L. PHENIX Measurement of B → J/ ψ in Cu+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV and in p + p collisions at 200 GeV and 510 GeV. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.042.
Da Silva, Cesar L. PHENIX Measurement of B → J/ ψ in Cu+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV and in p + p collisions at 200 GeV and 510 GeV. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.042
Da Silva, Cesar L. 2017. "PHENIX Measurement of B → J/ ψ in Cu+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV and in p + p collisions at 200 GeV and 510 GeV". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.042. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1530795.
@article{osti_1530795,
title = {PHENIX Measurement of B → J/ ψ in Cu+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV and in p + p collisions at 200 GeV and 510 GeV},
author = {Da Silva, Cesar L},
abstractNote = {This study is part of the RHIC program to probe properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma medium properties using heavy quark energy loss. Part of the control of these measurements is to understand initial production of heavy quarks and how initial conditions in nucleus collisions can alter their yields. This manuscript reports the effort made by the PHENIX collaboration to measure total B-mesons yields, by looking at the fraction of muons from non-prompt J/ψ decays at displaced vertices in p+p and Cu+Au collisions. The total cross-sections of b-quarks in 200 GeV and 510 GeV p+p collisions follow the increasing trend from fixed target experiments to high energy results from the Tevatron and the LHC. Integrated pT and centrality B-meson yields in Cu+Au integrated over transverse momentum and centrality are consistent with no nuclear modification or some enhancement, in contrast to prompt J/ψ which shows a strong suppression},
doi = {10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.04.042},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1530795}, journal = {Nuclear Physics. A},
issn = {0375-9474},
number = C,
volume = 967,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Radial distance of closest approach of single muons from dimuons in the J/ψ mass region in p+p and Cu+Au collisions [6]. Dimuon combinatorial and wrong FVTX-MuTr match backgrounds are removed for clarity.

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