Measurement of J/ψ production cross-sections in pp collisions at s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 5 TeV

Abstract

Abstract

The production cross-sections of J/ψ mesons in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of

s

$$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 5 TeV are measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.13 ± 0.18 pb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment. The cross-sections are measured differentially as a function of transverse momentum, pT, and rapidity, y, and separately for J/ψ mesons produced promptly and from beauty hadron decays (nonprompt). With the assumption of unpolarised J/ψ mesons, the production cross-sections integrated over the kinematic range 0 < pT < 20 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5 are

σ prompt

J / ψ = 8.154 ± 0.010 ± 0.283

μb ,

σ nonprompt

J / ψ = 0.820 ± 0.003 ± 0.034

μb ,

$$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}{\sigma}_{\mathrm{prompt}}\ J/\psi =8.154\pm 0.010\pm 0.283\ \upmu \mathrm{b},\\ {}{\sigma}_{\mathrm{nonprompt}}\ J/\psi =0.820\pm 0.003\pm 0.034\ \upmu \mathrm{b},\end{array}} $$

where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. These cross-sections are compared with those at

s

$$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 8 TeV and 13 TeV, and are used to update the measurement of the nuclear modification factor in proton-lead collisions for J/ψ mesons at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of

s NN

$$ \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} $$ = 5 TeV. The results are compared with theoretical predictions.