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GSI-2025-00252

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png $\psi(2S)$ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC

ALICE Collaboration (Corresponding author)

2023

Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.17182/HEPDATA.145654

Abstract: CERN-LHC-ALICE. The production of the $\psi(2S)$ charmonium state was measured with ALICE in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV, in the dimuon decay channel. A significant signal was observed for the first time at LHC energies down to zero transverse momentum, at forward rapidity ($2.5<y<4$). The measurement of the ratio of the inclusive production cross sections of the $\psi(2S)$ and J/$\psi$ resonances is reported as a function of the centrality of the collisions and of transverse momentum, in the region $p_{\rm T}<12$ GeV/$c$. The results are compared with the corresponding measurements in pp collisions, by forming the double ratio $[\sigma^{\psi(2S)}/\sigma^{J/\psi}]_{\rm{Pb-Pb}}/[\sigma^{\psi(2S)}/\sigma^{J/\psi}]_{\rm{pp}}$. The $\psi(2S)$ nuclear modification factor $R_{\rm AA}$ was also obtained as a function of both centrality and $p_{\rm T}$. The results show that the $\psi(2S)$ resonance yield is strongly suppressed in Pb--Pb collisions, by a factor up to $\sim 3$ with respect to pp. Furthermore, the $\psi(2S)$ suppression in Pb--Pb collisions is stronger than the one observed for the J/$\psi$ by a factor $\sim 2$. Comparisons of cross section ratios with previous SPS findings by the NA50 experiment, and of $R_{\rm AA}$ with higher-$p_{\rm T}$ results at LHC energy are also reported. These results and the corresponding comparisons with calculations of transport and statistical models address questions on the presence and properties of charmonium states in the quark--gluon plasma formed in nuclear collisions at the LHC.

Note: Journal Article GSI record: GSI-2025-00251

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. ALICE (ALI)
2. Detektorlabor (DTL)
3. IT (CIT)
4. ExtreMe Matter Institute, EMMI (EXM)
5. Collaboration CERN: ALICE (ALICE@CERN)

Research Program(s):

1. 612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF4-612) (POF4-612)
2. HGS-HIRe - HGS-HIRe for FAIR (HGS-HIRe) (HGS-HIRe)
3. SUC-GSI-Heidelberg - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Heidelberg (SUC-GSI-HE) (SUC-GSI-HE)
4. SUC-GSI-Frankfurt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Frankfurt/M (SUC-GSI-FR) (SUC-GSI-FR)
5. SUC-GSI-Darmstadt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-TU Darmstadt (SUC-GSI-DA) (SUC-GSI-DA)
6. STRONG-2020 - The strong interaction at the frontier of knowledge: fundamental research and applications (824093) (824093)

Experiment(s):

1. LHC: ALICE

Appears in the scientific report 2023

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Linked articles:

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Journal Article Acharya, S. ; Adamova, D. ; Adler, A. ; et al
ψ(2S) Suppression in Pb-Pb Collisions at the LHC
Physical review letters 132(4), 042301 (2024) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.042301]2024   Files  Fulltext by arXiv.org BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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