Measurement of the polarizations of prompt and non-prompt [Formula presented] and ψ(2S) mesons produced in pp collisions at s=13TeV
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2024-10-04
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Elsevier B.V.
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Abstract
The polarizations of prompt and non-prompt [Formula presented] and ψ(2S) mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, using data samples collected by the CMS experiment in 2017 and 2018, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 103.3fb−1. Based on the analysis of the dimuon decay angular distributions in the helicity frame, the polar anisotropy, λϑ, is measured as a function of the transverse momentum, pT, of the charmonium states, in the 25–120 and 20–100 GeV ranges for the [Formula presented] and ψ(2S), respectively. The non-prompt polarizations agree with predictions based on the hypothesis that, for pT≳25GeV, the non-prompt [Formula presented] and ψ(2S) are predominantly produced in two-body B meson decays. The prompt results clearly exclude strong transverse polarizations, even for pT exceeding 30 times the [Formula presented] mass, where λϑ tends to an asymptotic value around 0.3. Taken together with previous measurements, by CMS and LHCb at s=7 TeV, the prompt polarizations show a significant variation with pT, at low pT.
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CMS, Quarkonium production, Quarkonium polarization
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Hayrapetyan A, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Damanakis K, Dragicevic M, Hussain PS, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Li A, Liko D, Mikulec I, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Schwarz D, Sonawane M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz CE, Darwish MR, Janssen T, Van Laer T, Van Mechelen P, Breugelmans N, D'Hondt J, Dansana S, De Moor A, Delcourt M, Heyen F, Lowette S, Makarenko I, Müller D, Tavernier S, Tytgat M, Van Onsem GP, Van Putte S, Vannerom D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, Das AK, De Lentdecker G, Evard H, Favart L, Gianneios P, Jaramillo J, Khalilzadeh A, Khan FA, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Malara A, Paredes S, Shahzad MA, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, De Coen M, Dobur D, Gokbulut G, Hong Y, Knolle J, Lambrecht L, Marckx D, Mota Amarilo K, Samalan A, Skovpen K, Van Den Bossche N, van der Linden J, Wezenbeek L, Benecke A, Bethani A, Bruno G, Caputo C, De Favereau De Jeneret J, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Guzel AO, Jain S, Lemaitre V, Lidrych J, Mastrapasqua P, Tran TT, Wertz S, Alves GA, Alves Gallo Pereira M, Coelho E, Correia Silva G, Hensel C, Menezes De Oliveira T, Mora Herrera C, Moraes A, Rebello Teles P, Soeiro M, Vilela Pereira A, Aldá Júnior WL, Barroso Ferreira Filho M, Brandao Malbouisson H. (2024). Measurement of the polarizations of prompt and non-prompt [Formula presented] and ψ(2S) mesons produced in pp collisions at s=13TeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 858.