Centrality dependence of inclusive J/ψ production in p-Pb collisions at √sNN =5.02 TeV

Adam, J. and Adamová, D. and Aggarwal, M. M. and Aglieri, Rinella G. and Agnello, M. and Barnaföldi, Gergely Gábor and Bencédi, Gyula and Berényi, Dániel and Boldizsár, László and Dénes, Ervin and Hamar, Gergő and Kiss, Gábor and Varga-Kőfaragó, Mónika and Lévai, Péter and Oláh, László and Pochybova, Sona (2015) Centrality dependence of inclusive J/ψ production in p-Pb collisions at √sNN =5.02 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (11). ISSN 1126-6708

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Abstract

We present a measurement of inclusive J/ ψ production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV as a function of the centrality of the collision, as estimated from the energy deposited in the Zero Degree Calorimeters. The measurement is performed with the ALICE detector down to zero transverse momentum, pT, in the backward (−4.46 < ycms < −2.96) and forward (2.03 < ycms < 3.53) rapidity intervals in the dimuon decay channel and in the mid-rapidity region (−1.37 < ycms < 0.43) in the dielectron decay channel. The backward and forward rapidity intervals correspond to the Pb-going and p-going direction, respectively. The pT-differential J/ ψ production cross section at backward and forward rapidity is measured for several centrality classes, together with the corresponding average pT and p2 T values. The nuclear modification factor is presented as a function of centrality for the three rapidity intervals, and as a function of pT for several centrality classes at backward and forward rapidity. At mid- and forward rapidity, the J/ ψ yield is suppressed up to 40% compared to that in pp interactions scaled by the number of binary collisions. The degree of suppression increases towards central p–Pb collisions at forward rapidity, and with decreasing pT of the J/ ψ. At backward rapidity, the nuclear modification factor is compatible with unity within the total uncertainties, with an increasing trend from peripheral to central p–Pb collisions.

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