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Evidence for X(3872) in Pb-Pb Collisions and Studies of its Prompt Production at $\sqrt{^{s}NN}$ =5.02 TeV

CMS Collaboration; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Ambrogi, F.; Bergauer, T.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Escalante Del Valle, A.; Flechl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Jeitler, M.; Krammer, N.; Krätschmer, I.; Liko, D.; Madlener, T.; Mikulec, I.; Rad, N.; Schieck, J.; ... mehr

Abstract:

The first evidence for X(3872) production in relativistic heavy ion collisions is reported. The X(3872) production is studied in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{^{s}NN}$=5.02 TeV per nucleon pair, using the decay chain X(3872)→J/ψπ$^{+}$ π$^{–}$→μ$^{+}$μ$^{–}$π$^{+}$ π$^{–}$. The data were recorded with the CMS detector in 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 nb$^{-1}$. The measurement is performed in the rapidity and transverse momentum ranges |y|<1.6 and 15<pT<50 GeV/c. The significance of the inclusive X(3872) signal is 4.2 standard deviations. The prompt X(3872) to ψ2S yield ratio is found to be ρ$^{Pb-Pb}$=1.08±0.49(stat)±0.52(syst), to be compared with typical values of 0.1 for pp collisions. This result provides a unique experimental input to theoretical models of the X(3872) production mechanism, and of the nature of this exotic state.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000142851
Veröffentlicht am 10.02.2022
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.032001
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Zitationen: 36
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Fakultät für Physik – Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 0031-9007, 1079-7114, 1092-0145
KITopen-ID: 1000142851
HGF-Programm 51.11.01 (POF IV, LK 01) Teilchenphysik
Erschienen in Physical Review Letters
Verlag American Physical Society (APS)
Band 128
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Seiten Art.-Nr.: A57
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