The production cross sections of the B+, B0, and B0s mesons, and of their charge conjugates, are measured via exclusive hadronic decays in p+Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy √sNN=5.02 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The data set used for this analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 34.6 nb−1. The production cross sections are measured in the transverse momentum range between 10 and 60 GeV/c. No significant modification is observed compared to proton-proton perturbative QCD calculations scaled by the number of incoherent nucleon-nucleon collisions. These results provide a baseline for the study of in-medium b quark energy loss in Pb+Pb collisions.

Study of B Meson Production in p+Pb Collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV Using Exclusive Hadronic Decays

Sola, V.;AMAPANE, Nicola Carlo;ARGIRO', Stefano;BELLAN, Riccardo;COSTA, Marco;COVARELLI, Roberto;MIGLIORE, Ernesto;MONACO, Vincenzo;OBERTINO, Maria Margherita;PACHER, LUCA;ROMERO, Alessandra;SACCHI, Roberto;SOLANO, Ada Maria;
2016-01-01

Abstract

The production cross sections of the B+, B0, and B0s mesons, and of their charge conjugates, are measured via exclusive hadronic decays in p+Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy √sNN=5.02 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The data set used for this analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 34.6 nb−1. The production cross sections are measured in the transverse momentum range between 10 and 60 GeV/c. No significant modification is observed compared to proton-proton perturbative QCD calculations scaled by the number of incoherent nucleon-nucleon collisions. These results provide a baseline for the study of in-medium b quark energy loss in Pb+Pb collisions.
2016
116
032301
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http://harvest.aps.org/bagit/articles/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.032301/apsxml
LHC, CMS, Heavy ions, B mesons
Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A.M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M...espandi
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