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J/$\psi$ suppression at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2017-04-18 v3 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The ALICE experiment has measured the inclusive J/ψ\psi production in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}} } = 2.76 TeV down to zero transverse momentum in the rapidity range 2.5<y<42.5 < y < 4. A suppression of the inclusive J/ψ\psi yield in Pb-Pb is observed with respect to the one measured in pp collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions. The nuclear modification factor, integrated over the 0-80% most central collisions, is 0.545±0.032(stat.)±0.083(syst.)0.545 \pm 0.032 \rm{(stat.)} \pm 0.083 \rm{(syst.)} and does not exhibit a significant dependence on the collision centrality. These features appear significantly different from measurements at lower collision energies. Models including J/ψ\psi production from charm quarks in a deconfined partonic phase can describe our data.

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@article{arxiv.1202.1383,
  title  = {J/$\psi$ suppression at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV},
  author = {ALICE Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.1383},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

17 pages, 4 captioned figures, 2 tables, authors from page 12, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/3078