Measurement of the B^{±} Meson nuclear modification factor in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV
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Abstract
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 sqrt[s_{NN}]=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.
Date Issued
2017-10-13
Date Acceptance
2017-09-01
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2017, 119 (15)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
119
Issue
15
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29077459
Subjects
CMS Collaboration
02 Physical Sciences
General Physics
Publication Status
Published
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United States
Article Number
152301