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Title: J/ψ production at midrapidity in p-Pb collisions at $$ \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} $$ = 8.16 TeV
A<sc>bstract</sc> The production of inclusive, prompt and non-prompt J/ψwas studied for the first time at midrapidity (−1.37< ycms<0.43) in p-Pb collisions at$$ \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} $$ s NN = 8.16 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The inclusive J/ψmesons were reconstructed in the dielectron decay channel in the transverse momentum (pT) interval 0< pT<14 GeV/cand the prompt and non-prompt contributions were separated on a statistical basis forpT>2 GeV/c. The study of the J/ψmesons in the dielectron channel used for the first time in ALICE online single-electron triggers from the Transition Radiation Detector, providing a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 689 ± 13μb−1. The proton-proton reference cross section for inclusive J/ψwas obtained based on interpolations of measured data at different centre-of-mass energies and a universal function describing thepT-differential J/ψproduction cross sections. ThepT-differential nuclear modification factorsRpPbof inclusive, prompt, and non-prompt J/ψare consistent with unity and described by theoretical models implementing only nuclear shadowing.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2012154 2208883
PAR ID:
10474232
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Corporate Creator(s):
Publisher / Repository:
Springer
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume:
2023
Issue:
7
ISSN:
1029-8479
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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