Study of charm hadronization with prompt Λ+ c baryons in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions at √sNN = 5.02TeV

The production of prompt Λ+ c baryons is measured via the exclusive decay channel Λ+ c → pK−π+ at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02TeV, using proton-proton (pp) and lead-lead (PbPb) collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The pp and PbPb data were obtained in 2...

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Autores: Tumasyan, Armen, Silveira, Gustavo Gil da, Bernardes, César Augusto, CMS Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/291891
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/291891
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aceleradores de partículas
Colisao de ions pesados
Colisões proton-proton
Heavy ion experiments
Heavy quark production
Relativistic heavy ion physics
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Sumario:The production of prompt Λ+ c baryons is measured via the exclusive decay channel Λ+ c → pK−π+ at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02TeV, using proton-proton (pp) and lead-lead (PbPb) collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The pp and PbPb data were obtained in 2017 and 2018 with integrated luminosities of 252 and 0.607nb−1, respectively. The measurements are performed within the Λ+ c rapidity interval |y| < 1 with transverse momentum (pT) ranges of 3–30 and 6–40GeV/c for pp and PbPb collisions, respectively. Compared to the yields in pp collisions scaled by the expected number of nucleon-nucleon interactions, the observed yields of Λ+ c with pT > 10GeV/c are strongly suppressed in PbPb collisions. The level of suppression depends significantly on the collision centrality. The Λ+ c/D0 production ratio is similar in PbPb and pp collisions at pT > 10GeV/c, suggesting that the coalescence process does not play a dominant role in prompt Λ+ c baryon production at higher pT.