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Suppression of Υ(1S)at forward rapidity in Pb–Pb
collisions at √sNN=2.76TeV
H. Borel, J. Castillo Castellanos, A. Baldisseri, J. -L. Charvet, A.
Rakotozafindrabe, B. Abelev, Laurent Aphecetche, I. Belikov, C. Cheshkov,
Guillaume Batigne, et al.
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Suppression
of
Υ (1S)
at
forward
rapidity
in
Pb–Pb
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Article history:
Received3July2014
Receivedinrevisedform18September 2014
Accepted1October2014 Availableonline6October2014 Editor:L.Rolandi
WereportonthemeasurementoftheinclusiveΥ (1S)productioninPb–Pbcollisionsat√sNN=2.76 TeV carriedoutatforwardrapidity(2.5<y<4)and downtozerotransversemomentumusingits
μ
+μ
−decaychannelwiththeALICEdetectorattheLargeHadronCollider.A strongsuppressionoftheinclusive
Υ (1S)yield is observedwithrespect toppcollisions scaledbythe number ofindependentnucleon– nucleoncollisions.Thenuclearmodificationfactor,foreventsinthe0–90%centralityrange,amountsto 0.30±0.05(stat)±0.04(syst).TheobservedΥ (1S)suppression tendstoincreasewiththecentralityof thecollisionandseemsmorepronouncedthanincorrespondingmid-rapiditymeasurements.Ourresults arecomparedwithmodelcalculations,whicharefoundtounderestimatethemeasuredsuppressionand failtoreproduceitsrapiditydependence.
©2014TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheCCBYlicense (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).FundedbySCOAP3.
1. Introduction
At high temperature and high density, Quantum
Chromody-namics predicts the existence of a deconfined state of strongly-interacting matter (Quark–Gluon Plasma, QGP) with properties governed by the quark and gluon degrees of freedom [1]. This state can be studied in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions and isexpectedto be produced when thetemperature ofthe system exceedsthe criticaltemperature Tc
150–195 MeV [2,3]. AmongtheparticleswhichcanbemeasuredtoinvestigatetheQGP prop-erties,heavyquarksareofspecialinterestsincetheyareproduced in the initial parton–parton interactions and they interact with the medium throughout its evolution. In particular, the studyof theheavy quark–antiquark boundstate (quarkonium) isexpected to provide essential information on QGP properties. The colour-screeningmodel [4]predicts that charmonia andbottomonia (cc andbb bound states,respectively) dissociate in the medium, re-sultingina suppressionof theobserved yields.More specifically, the quarkonium binding properties are expected to be modified
in the deconfined medium and, out of the various charmonium
andbottomoniumstates,the lesstightlybound mightmelt close to Tc andthemosttightlybound wellabove Tc [5].A sequential
suppressionpatternwithincreasingtemperatureisthenexpected tobe realized.Based on resultsfromquenchedlattice QCD [6,7], the most tightly bound bottomonium state,
Υ (
1S)
, is predicted to melt ata temperature larger than 4Tc, while theΥ (
2S)
andthe
Υ (
3S)
shouldmeltat1.
6 and1.
2Tc,respectively.ThemeltingE-mail address:alice-publications@cern.ch.
temperature fortheJ/
ψ
charmoniumstateisexpectedtobeclose to that of theΥ (
2S)
and theΥ (
3S)
bottomonium states.In the case ofrecent spectral-function approaches withcomplex poten-tial[8,9],theobtaineddissociationtemperaturesarelower.Inthecharmoniumsector, a significantsuppressionoftheJ/
ψ
yield hasbeenobservedatSPS [10–12](√
sNN=
17.
3 GeV),RHIC[13,14] (
√
sNN=
39,
62.
4,
200 GeV) and LHC [15–17] (√
sNN=
2
.
76 TeV)energies.A qualitative descriptionofthe resultscanbe obtained assuming that in addition to the dissociationby colour screening,a regenerationprocesstakesplaceforhigh-energy colli-sions.TheregenerationmechanismisparticularlyimportantatLHC energies,wherethemultiplicity ofcharmquarksislarge [18–22]. Theψ(
2S)
charmoniumstate haslower binding energy than the J/ψ
one and cannot be produced by the decays of higher mass states.AtSPSenergies[23],thesuppressionofψ(
2S)
yieldisabout 2.
5 timeslargerthanfortheJ/ψ
state.Withthehighcollision en-ergies and luminosities recently available at RHIC andLHC, it is alsopossibletostudybottomoniumproductioninheavy-ion colli-sions[24–28].ComparedwiththeJ/ψ
case,theprobabilityfortheΥ
statestoberegeneratedinthemedium ismuchsmallerdueto thelower productioncrosssection ofbb pairs[29].However, thefeed-down fromhigher mass bottomonia(between 40% and 50%
for
Υ (
1S)
[30]) complicatesthe datainterpretation. Furthermore, the suppression dueto the QGPmust be disentangled fromthat dueto ColdNuclear Matter (CNM) effects(such asnuclear mod-ification of the parton distribution functions or break-up of the quarkonium state in CNM)which, asof now, are not accurately known neither at RHIC energies [24] nor in the forward rapid-ityregionsprobedatLHC.AtRHIC,theinclusiveΥ (
1S+
2S+
3S)
productionhasbeenmeasuredinAu–Aucollisionsatmid-rapidityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.10.001
by the STAR [24] andPHENIX [25] Collaborations. The observed suppression isconsistentwiththemeltingofthe
Υ (
2S)
andΥ (
3S)
states. At LHC, the CMS Collaboration has measured the
mid-rapidityproductionofbottomoniumstatesinPb–Pbcollisions.The
Υ (
1S)
yield issuppressed byapproximately afactor oftwo with respecttotheexpectationfromppcollisionsobtainedbyscalingof thehardprocessyieldwiththenumberofbinarynucleon–nucleon collisions. Moreover, theΥ (
2S)
and theΥ (
3S)
are almost com-pletelysuppressed[26,27].InthisLetter, we report on theinclusive
Υ (
1S)
production at forwardrapidity (2.
5<
y<
4) anddown to zero transverse mo-mentum (pT>
0) in Pb–Pb collisions at√
sNN=
2.
76 TeV. Themeasurement was carried out in the
μ
+μ
− decaychannel with theALICEdetector.TheyieldofΥ (
1S)
inPb–Pbcollisionsrelative topp,normalizedtothenumberofnucleon–nucleoncollisions at thesame energy(nuclearmodificationfactor, RAA) isreported intwocentralityintervalsandtworapidity intervals.Theresultsare comparedwithCMS
Υ (
1S)
mid-rapiditydata[27]andwithmodel calculations[31,32].2. Experimentalapparatusanddatasample
The ALICEdetector isdescribed indetail in reference[33].In this section, we briefly summarize the main features of the de-tectorsusedforthis analysis.The muon spectrometer, coveringa pseudo-rapidityrange
−
4<
η
lab<
−
2.
5 inthelaboratoryframe,1consists primarily of a tracking apparatus composed of five sta-tionsoftwoplanesofCathodePadChambers(CPC)each,a dipole magnetdeliveringa3T
·
mintegratedmagneticfieldusedtobend thechargedparticlesinthetrackingsystemareaandatriggering system including four planes of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC). The detector incorporates a 10 interaction length front absorber usedtofilterthemuonsupstreamofthetrackingapparatusanda 7.2interactionlength iron wall locatedbetweenthetracking and the triggering systems. The iron wall plays an important role in the muon identification, since it stops the light hadronsescap-ing fromthefront absorber andthe low momentum background
muonsproducedmainlyin
π
andKdecays.TheV0detector[34]consistsoftwoscintillatorarrayscovering the full azimuthand the pseudo-rapidity ranges 2
.
8<
η
lab<
5.
1(V0-A)and
−
3.
7<
η
lab<
−
1.
7 (V0-C).Bothscintillatorarrayshavean intrinsictime resolution better than 0.5 ns [34,35] and their timing information was used for offline rejection of events pro-ducedbytheinteractionsofthebeamwithresidualgas(or beam-gasinteractions).
TheZeroDegreeCalorimeters (ZDC),which arelocatedat 114 meterson each sideof theALICEinteraction point,were usedto
reduce the beam-halo backgroundby means of an offline timing
cut [35]. Another cut on the energy deposited in the ZDC sup-presses the backgroundcontribution fromelectromagnetic Pb–Pb interactions.
Finally,the Silicon PixelDetector (SPD) is used to reconstruct theprimaryvertex.Thisdetectorconsistsoftwocylindricallayers coveringthefullazimuthandthepseudo-rapidityranges
|
η
|
<
2.
0 and|
η
|
<
1.
4 fortheinnerandouterlayer,respectively.The Minimum-Bias (MB) trigger is definedasthe coincidence ofa signal in thetwo V0 arrays. The efficiencyofsuch a trigger forselecting inelastic Pb–Pb interactions islarger than 95% [36]. Inordertoenrichthedatasamplewithdimuons,thetriggerused in this analysisrequires the detectionof an opposite-sign muon
1 IntheALICEreferenceframe,thepositivez-directionisalongthecounter
clock-wisebeamdirection.Thus,themuonspectrometercoversanegativepseudorapidity (ηlab)rangeandanegative
y range.
InthisLettertheresultsarepresentedwithapositive
y notation
keepingtheηlabvaluessigned.pair in the triggering system incoincidence withthe MB condi-tion. The muon trigger system selects tracks having a transverse momentum, pμT, largerthan 1 GeV
/
c. Thisthresholdisnot sharp andthequoted value correspondsto a50% triggerprobability on amuoncandidate.Eventswereclassifiedaccordingtotheirdegree ofcentrality,whichiscalculatedthroughthestudyoftheV0 sig-nal amplitude distribution [37].This analysiswas carried out for the eventscorrespondingto themostcentral 90% oftheinelastic Pb–Pb crosssection. In thiscentralityrange,theefficiencyof the MB trigger forselecting inelastic Pb–Pb interactions is 100% and the contamination from electromagnetic processes is negligible. The analyzed data sample corresponds to an integrated luminos-ityLint=
68.
8±
0.
9(stat)+−65..01(syst) μb−1 [38].
3. Dataanalysis
Severalstepsarenecessarytoestimatethe
Υ (
1S)
nuclear mod-ification factor.Theyaredescribed inthefollowingsection. Addi-tionaldetailsontheanalysiscanbefoundin[28].Muon track candidates were reconstructed starting from the hits inthe tracking chambers[39]. Eachreconstructed trackwas
then required to match a track segment in the trigger
cham-bers(trigger tracklet) andto haveatransverse momentum pμT
>
2 GeV/
c. The latter requirement helps in reducing the contribu-tionofsoftmuonsfromπ
/
K decayswithoutaffectingmuonsfromΥ (
1S)
decays. A further selection was applied by requiring the muon tracksto exitthe front absorber at a radial distance from the beamaxis, Rabs,inthe range17.
6<
Rabs<
89.
5 cm.Thisse-lectionrejectstracks crossingtheregionoftheabsorberwiththe materialofhighestdensity,wheremultiple-scatteringand energy-loss effectsare large andaffectthemass resolution.Finally,each trackwasrequiredtopointtotheinteractionvertexinorderto re-jectthecontributionsfromfaketracksandbeam-gasinteractions. Trackswerethencombinedtoformopposite-signmuonpairsand a 2
.
5<
y<
4 cuton thepairrapidity was introduced to remove dimuonsattheedgeoftheacceptance.The raw numberof
Υ (
1S)
was obtained by means ofa fit to the dimuoninvariant mass distributionswiththe combinationof severalfunctions(seeFig. 1).Thebackgroundwasparametrizedas thesumoftwoexponentialfunctionswithallparametersletfree. Suchfunctionsreproducewellthedataonthelargeinvariantmass rangeofourfits,5–18 GeV/c2.MonteCarlosimulationsshowthatFig. 1. Invariantmassdistributionofopposite-signdimuonswith
p
T>0 forthedifferentcentralityandrapidityintervalsconsideredintheanalysis(seetextfordetails).Thesolidbluelinerepresentsthetotalfitfunction(sumoftwoexponentialandthreeextendedCrystalBallfunctions)andthedashedredlineistheΥ (1S)signalcomponent only.Thegreendottedlineandthemagentadashed–dottedlinerepresenttheΥ (2S)andtheΥ (3S)peaks,respectively.
from the underlying background. The
Υ (
1S)
mass, as extracted fromthefit,isconsistentwiththeresonancemassvaluefromthe PDG[41].Depending on the considered rapidity range,its width rangesfrom(
107±
25)
MeV/
c2to(
159±
40)
MeV/
c2 andiscon-sistentwiththeresultsfromMCsimulations.
In order to estimate the systematic uncertainties on the sig-nalextraction,thefitswereperformedoverseveralinvariantmass rangesanda sumoftwopower-lawfunctionswasusedasan al-ternativeparametrizationofthebackground.Concerningthe reso-nancepeaks,alternativechoicesweremadeforthevaluesofthefit parametersthatwerekeptfixedinthedefaultprocedureoutlined above.First, the widthandthe positionof the
Υ (
2S)
andΥ (
3S)
werevariedbyanamountcorrespondingtothesizeofthe uncer-taintiesonthe corresponding fitparameters fortheΥ (
1S)
.Then, theCBtailparameters were variedaccordingtothe uncertainties intheirdeterminationfromfitsoftheMCsignaldistributions.Foreach source of systematic uncertainty (background parametriza-tion, fixed widths and positions as well astail parameters), the Root MeanSquare (RMS)of thedistribution of signal counts ob-tainedwiththedifferentfitswasestimatedandthecorresponding relativeuncertaintiesweresummedinquadrature.
Withtheseprescriptionsthenumberof
Υ (
1S)
countsis134±
20(stat)±
7(syst) in the rapidity range 2.
5<
y<
4 and 0–90% centrality.Dependingoncentralityandrapidity,thesystematic un-certainties rangebetween 5% and 10%. Theyare almost constant withcentralityandreach amaximuminthe3.
2<
y<
4 rapidity interval.The measured number of
Υ (
1S)
was corrected forthe detec-tor acceptance and efficiency ( A×
ε
) estimatedby means of anEmbedding Monte Carlo (EMC) method. The MC hits of muons
totheseevents.Thismethodreproducesthedetectorresponseto the signal in a highly realistic background environment and ac-countsforpossiblevariationsofthereconstructionefficiencywith thecollisioncentrality.ThepTandy distributionsofthegenerated
Υ (
1S)
were obtainedfromexistingppmeasurements [42–44] us-ing the extrapolationprocedure described in [45]. EKS98nuclear shadowing calculations[46] were used to includean estimate of CNMeffects.Sinceavailabledatafavor asmallornullpolarization forΥ (
1S)
[47–49], an unpolarized production was assumed (in bothppandPb–Pbcollisions).Thevariationsoftheperformanceof thetrackingandtriggeringsystemsthroughoutthedata-taking pe-riodaswellastheresidualmisalignmentofthetrackingchambers weretakenintoaccountintheEMC.Fourcontributions enterthe systematicuncertaintyon A
×
ε
: (i) theinputΥ (
1S)
pT and y distributionsforEMC,(ii) thetrack-ing efficiency, (iii) the triggerefficiency and(iv) the matching of trigger tracklets withtracks inthe tracking system. Type (i) un-certaintiescorrespondtothemaximumdifferencebetween A
×
ε
evaluated by using the default input parametrizations and those obtainedby usingparametrizations corresponding to pp andPb– Pbcollisionsatdifferentenergiesandcentralities.Thetrackingand triggerefficienciesdeterminedfromdata[39]andfromMC simu-lationswerecomparedtoevaluatetype (ii)and (iii)contributions. For the type (iv) systematicuncertainties, the estimate was per-formedbyvaryingbyasimilaramount,inbothMCandrealdata, thevalue ofthe
χ
2 cut ofthe matchingprobability betweenre-constructedtracksinthetrackingsystemandtriggertracklets.The comparisonoftheresultsofthetwoapproachesprovidesthe un-certainty.
For
Υ (
1S)
produced in 2.
5<
y<
4 with pT>
0, the valueof A
×
ε
is 0.
226±
0.
025(syst) in semi-peripheral collisions and decreases to 0.
216±
0.
024(syst) in central collisions. For the centrality-integrated sample the value of A×
ε
is 0.
219±
0.
024(syst). Depending on centralityand rapidity, the systematic uncertaintiesrangebetween11% and12%.Therawnumberof
Υ (
1S)
,N[Υ (
1S)
]
,wascorrectedforthe ac-ceptanceandefficiency,(
A×
ε
)
,andforthebranchingratioofthe dimuondecaychannel,BRΥ (1S)→μ+μ−=
0.
0248±
0.
0005[41].The yield, YΥ (1S), was thenobtainedby normalizingthe resulttothe equivalentnumberofMBevents,NMB,viaYΥ (1S)
=
N
[Υ (
1S)]
(
A×
ε
)
×
BRΥ (1S)→μ+μ−×
NMB.
(1)Sincetheanalysisisbasedonadimuontriggersample,the
equiv-alent number of MB events was obtained by multiplying the
number oftriggered events by an enhancement factor, F , which correspondstotheinverseoftheprobabilityofhavingthedimuon trigger condition verified in an MB event. The F factor averaged over the data-taking period is F
=
27.
5±
1.
0(syst), where the systematic uncertainty reflects the spread of its values observed in the different periods of data taking. Within the rapidity in-terval 2.
5<
y<
4, theΥ (
1S)
yield is YΥ (1S)= (
5.
2±
0.
8(stat)±
0.
7(syst))
×
10−5.The valuesofthe yields inthe other centralityandrapidityrangesconsideredintheanalysisaregiveninTable 1. Themedium effectson theyields canbe quantifiedby means ofthenuclearmodificationfactor
RAA
=
YΥ (1S)
TAA×
σ
Υ (pp1S),
(2)where
TAAistheaveragenuclearoverlapfunction,whichcanbeinterpretedastheaveragenumberofnucleon–nucleonbinary col-lisions normalizedtothe inelasticnucleon–nucleon crosssection, and
σ
Υ (pp1S) is theΥ (
1S)
productioncross section inpp collisions at√
s=
2.
76 TeV.Table 1
Yieldsforthedifferentcentralityandrapidityintervalsconsideredintheanalysis. Statisticaluncertaintiesarereferredtoasstat,uncorrelatedsystematicuncertainties asuncorr andcorrelatedsystematicuncertaintiesascorr.Whenresults are inte-gratedonrapidity(centrality),thedegreeofcorrelationismentionedwithrespect tocentrality(rapidity).
Centrality Rapidity (Yield±stat±uncorr±corr)×105
0–20% 2.5<y<4 11.3±2.5±0.7±1.3 20–90% 2.5<y<4 3.2±0.6±0.2±0.4 0–90% 2.5<y<3.2 3.2±0.6±0.4±0.1 0–90% 3.2<y<4 1.9±0.4±0.3±0.1
Table 2
Correspondencebetweenthecentralityclass,theaveragenumberofparticipant nu-cleonsNpart,theaveragenumberofparticipantnucleonsweightedbythenumber
ofbinarynucleon–nucleoncollisionsNw
part,andtheaveragenuclearoverlap
func-tionTAA.Thevaluesareobtainedasdescribedin[36].
Centrality Npart Nwpart TAA(mb−1)
0–90% 124±2 262±4 6.3±0.2 0–20% 308±5 323±5 18.9±0.6 20–90% 72±3 140±6 2.7±0.1
Thenumberofparticipantnucleons,
Npart,andtheTAAcor-respondingto eachcentralityclass usedinthisanalysiswere ob-tained froma Glauber model calculation [36]. Table 2showsthe correspondence between the centrality class,
Npart and TAA.Theaveragenumberofparticipantnucleonsweightedbythe num-ber of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions,
Nwpart
, is also shown.The weighted averagewas calculatedforeach centralityclass ac-cording to the values reported in [36] for narrow intervals. The
Nwpart
quantity represents a more precise evaluation of theav-erage centrality for a giveninterval, since the
Υ (
1S)
production is a hard process andits initial yield scales with thenumber of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions, in the absence of initial-state effects.Due to the limited number of events collected in pp colli-sions at
√
s=
2.
76 TeV, we cannot measureσ
Υ (pp1S). Instead, the LHCb data [50] are used for the RAA estimate.2 LHCb quotesσ
Υ (pp1S)×
BRΥ (1S)→μ+μ−=
0.
670±
0.
025(stat)±
0.
026(syst) nb in the 2.
5<
y<
4 rapidity range. For the rapidity intervals stud-ied in this analysis(2.
5<
y<
3.
2 and 3.
2<
y<
4) there is no exactmatchingwiththerapidityrangesprovidedbyLHCb. There-fore,a rapidityinterpolationwas performedtoprovidethevalues corresponding toourintervals.TheLHCbdata,withthestatistical anduncorrelatedsystematicuncertainties summedinquadrature, were fitted with Gaussian or even-degree polynomial functions. The functionswerethen integratedovertherequiredrapidity re-gion and, for each range, theΥ (
1S)
pp cross section result is the average ofthe values obtainedwith thevarious fitting func-tions. The associated uncorrelated systematic uncertainty is ob-tained summinginquadraturethe largestfit uncertaintyandthe halfspreadoftheresultsobtainedwiththedifferentfitting func-tions.ThecorrelatedsystematicuncertaintyassociatedtotheLHCb values istakenasa further correlated contributionto the uncer-taintyofourinterpolationresult.Moredetailsontheppreference aregivenin[28].Therelativesystematicuncertaintiesoneachquantityentering the RAAcalculationarelistedinTable 3.
2 WhenALICE preliminaryresults werereleased,the LHCbdata werenotyet
availableandσΥ (pp1S)wasestimatedusingadata-drivenmethodasexplainedin[28].
Table 3
Summaryoftherelativesystematicuncertaintiesoneachquantityenteringthe
R
AAcalculationforcentralityandrapidityranges.ThetypeI(II)standsforcorrelated (uncorrelated)uncertainties.WhentwovaluesaregivenfortypeIIuncertainties, thefirstvalue isgivenforthe 0–20%(2.5<y <3.2) centrality(rapidity) inter-val,thesecondoneforthe20–90%(3.2<y <4)interval.Thevaluesofsystematic uncertaintiesforthe
R
AAintegratedover0–90%incentralityand2.5<y <4 inrapidityarequotedinthelastcolumn.
Source Centrality Rapidity Integrated Signal extraction 5–6% (II) 5–10% (II) 5% Input EMC distributions 4% (I) 5–7% (II) 4% Tracking efficiency 10% (I) 9–11% (II) 10% Trigger efficiency 2% (I) 2% (II) 2% Matching efficiency 1% (I) 1% (II) 1%
TAA 3–4% (II) 3% (I) 3%
NMB 4% (I) 4% (I) 4%
BRΥ (1S)→μ+μ−×σΥ (pp1S) 4% (I) 4–7% (II) 4% (I) 4%
Table 4
Valuesofthe RAA measuredinthe centralityand rapidityrangesconsidered in
thisanalysis.Statisticaluncertaintiesarereferredtoasstat,uncorrelated system-aticuncertaintiesarereferredtoasuncorrandcorrelatedsystematicuncertainties arereferredtoascorr.
Centrality Rapidity RAA±stat±uncorr±corr
0–20% 2.5<y<4 0.22±0.05±0.02±0.03 20–90% 2.5<y<4 0.44±0.09±0.03±0.05 0–90% 2.5<y<3.2 0.30±0.05±0.04±0.02 0–90% 3.2<y<4 0.29±0.07±0.05±0.02
Fig. 2. InclusiveΥ (1S)RAAasafunctionoftheaveragenumberofparticipant
nu-cleons.ALICEdatarefertotherapidityrange2.5<y <4 andareshowntogether withCMS[27]datawhicharereportedin|y|<2.4.Theverticalbarsrepresentthe statisticaluncertaintiesandtheboxesthe point-to-pointuncorrelated systematic uncertainties.Therelativecorrelateduncertainties(12%forALICEand14%forCMS) areshownasaboxatunity.Thepoint-to-pointhorizontalerrorbarscorrespondto theRMSofthe
N
partdistribution.4. Results
The pT-integratednuclearmodificationfactormeasured inthe
rapidityinterval2
.
5<
y<
4 is0.
30±
0.
05(stat)±
0.
04(syst) forthe 0–90%centrality range andindicates a strong suppressionof the inclusiveΥ (
1S)
production. The numerical values of the nuclear modificationfactor for the other centrality andrapidity intervals consideredintheanalysisaregiveninTable 4.InFig. 2,the RAA isshownasa function of
Npart. Sinceourcentralityintervalsare large, a horizontalerror barwas assigned point-to-point. It corresponds to the RMS of the Npart
distribu-tion[36].Theobservedsuppressiontendstobemorepronounced incentral(0–20%)thaninsemi-peripheral(20–90%)collisions.The CMS[27] datain
|
y|
<
2.
4 areshowninthesame figure.In cen-tralcollisions,thesuppressionseems strongeratforwardrapidityFig. 3. InclusiveΥ (1S)RAAasafunctionofNpart,comparedwithcalculationsfrom
atransport[31](top)andadynamical[32](bottom)model(seetextfordetails). ThesameconventionsasinFig. 2areusedtoshowtheuncertainties.
thanatmid-rapidity.Insemi-peripheralcollisions,a similar effect mightbepresentwithasmallersignificance.
In Fig. 3, the ALICE results are compared with the calcula-tionsfromatransport[29,31](top)andadynamical[32](bottom) model.The transport model [31] employs a kinetic rate-equation approach in an evolving QGP andincludes both suppression and regeneration effects. In the model [31], CNM effects were calcu-lated by varying an effective absorption cross section between 0 and2 mb,resultinginan uncertaintyband usedtorepresentthe RAA.Thetransportmodelclearlyunderestimatestheobserved
sup-pression, even ifthe shape of thecentrality dependence isfairly reproduced. The dynamical model [32] doesnot include CNM or regenerationeffects.Thecalculationofthebottomonium suppres-sionisbasedonacomplex-potentialapproachinanevolvingQGP described with a hydrodynamical model. It is assumed that the initial temperatureprofileinrapidity isaboost-invariant plateau, asinferred from the Bjorken picture [51] of heavy-ioncollisions. Theresultsobtainedwitha Gaussianprofilecorresponding tothe Landaupicture[52] arealsoshown.Three valuesofplasma shear viscositytoentropydensityratio(4
π η
/
s)areusedinthe calcula-tions,includingthelimitingcasewhere4π η
/
s=
1.Themodel cal-culationsunderestimatethemeasured suppression,independentlyof the temperature profiles and the model parameter
assump-tionsadopted.Theresultcalculatedwith4
π η
/
s=
1 intheBjorken scenario showsthe largest suppression andfairly reproduces the shapeofthedata.Ithastobenotedthatthecomparisonbetween theRAAvaluesandtheoreticalpredictionsdependsonwhethertheresultsareshownasafunctionof
NpartorNwpart.Inparticular,if
Nwpart
isadopted,the semi-peripheral RAA data point isfairlydescribedbyboththetransportandthedynamicalmodels. Therapiditydependenceoftheinclusive
Υ (
1S)
RAA,integratedFig. 4. InclusiveΥ (1S)RAAasafunctionofrapiditymeasuredinPb–Pbcollisions
at√sNN=2.76 TeV byALICEin2.5<y <4 andCMS[27]in|y|<2.4,compared
withthecalculationsfromatransport[29,31](top)andadynamical[32](bottom) model(seetextfordetails).Openpointsarereflectedwithrespecttothemeasured onesandthesameconventionsasinFig. 2areusedtoshowtheuncertainties.The relativecorrelateduncertaintyontheALICEmeasurementis7% (andisshownasa boxatunity).
resultsare comparedwiththoseofCMS[27] (
|
y|
<
2.
4).The ob-servedsuppressionseemsstrongeratforwardthanatmid-rapidity. Thepredictionsofthe transportmodel[29,31]are alsoshown inFig. 4(top).ThemodelpredictsanearlyconstantRAAasafunc-tionoftherapiditywhichisindisagreementwithCMSandALICE data.InFig. 4 (bottom), thedataare compared withthe calcula-tionsofthedynamicalmodel[32].Allparametersets usedinthe modelcalculationspredictarapiditydependencewhichisthe op-positeofthemeasuredone.
Inboth thetransportandthe dynamicalmodels,the inclusive
Υ (
1S)
suppressionislargelyduetothein-mediumdissociationof highermassbottomonia.The evenlargersuppressionobservedin the ALICE data might then point to a significant dissociation of directΥ (
1S)
. However, to reach a morequantitative assessment, theroleplayedbyCNMeffectsatforwardrapidityshouldbemore accuratelyverifiedandconstrainedbydata.5. Conclusions
In summary,we havepresented the measurement of the nu-clearmodificationfactorofinclusive
Υ (
1S)
productionatforward rapidity (2.
5<
y<
4) and down to zero transverse momentum (pT>
0) in Pb–Pb collisions at√
sNN=
2.
76 TeV. The observedsuppressionof inclusive
Υ (
1S)
seemsstronger incentral (0–20%) than insemi-peripheral (20–90%)collisions and tends to show a pronouncedrapiditydependenceoverthelargedomaincoveredby ALICE(2.
5<
y<
4)andCMS(|
y|
<
2.
4).TheALICEinclusiveΥ (
1S)
suppression isunderestimated by the transport model [29,31] as well as by the dynamical model [32] considered in this Letter.The suppression predictedby the transport model calculationsis approximately constant with rapidity while the measured one is more pronounced atforwardthan atmid-rapidity. Inthe caseof thedynamicalmodel,thecalculatedrapiditytrendistheopposite oftheobserved one.A precisemeasurementof
Υ (
1S)
feed-down fromhigher massbottomonia,aswell asan accurate estimate of CNM effects in the kinematic rangeprobed by ALICEis required in orderto make a morestringentcomparison withmodels. TheΥ (
1S)
production in p–A collisions has recently been measured with theALICEmuon spectrometer [53] andshould help togain furtherinsightonthesizeoftheCNMeffects.Acknowledgements
The ALICECollaboration would like to thank all its engineers andtechniciansfortheirinvaluablecontributionstothe construc-tion of the experiment and the CERN accelerator teams for the outstandingperformanceoftheLHCcomplex.
The ALICE Collaboration acknowledges the following funding agencies fortheir support inbuildingandrunning the ALICE de-tector: StateCommittee ofScience, WorldFederationofScientists (WFS) and Swiss Fonds Kidagan, Armenia, Conselho Nacional de DesenvolvimentoCientífico e Tecnológico(CNPq), Financiadorade EstudoseProjetos(FINEP),FundaçãodeAmparoàPesquisado Es-tado de São Paulo (FAPESP); NationalNaturalScience Foundation of China (NSFC), the Chinese Ministry of Education (CMOE) and theMinistryofScienceandTechnologyofChina(MSTC);Ministry ofEducationandYouthoftheCzechRepublic;DanishNatural Sci-ence Research Council, the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish NationalResearchFoundation;TheEuropeanResearchCouncil
un-der the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme;
Helsinki Institute ofPhysics andthe Academy of Finland; French CNRS-IN2P3,the‘RegionPaysdeLoire’,‘RegionAlsace’,‘Region Au-vergne’andCEA,France;GermanBMBFandtheHelmholtz Associ-ation;GeneralSecretariatforResearchandTechnology,Ministryof Development,Greece;HungarianOTKAandNationalOfficefor Re-searchandTechnology(NKTH);DepartmentofAtomicEnergyand Department ofScience andTechnology ofthe Government of In-dia;IstitutoNazionalediFisicaNucleare(INFN)andCentroFermi – MuseoStoricodellaFisicaeCentroStudieRicerche“EnricoFermi”, Italy; MEXT Grant-in-Aid forSpecially Promoted Research,Japan; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna; National Research
Foundation of Korea (NRF); CONACYT, DGAPA, México, ALFA-EC
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