Abstract
We present a measurement of the inclusive production of ϒ mesons in U+U collisions at sNN=193 GeV at midrapidity (|y|<1). Previous studies in central Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV show a suppression of ϒ(1S+2S+3S) production relative to expectations from the ϒ yield in p+p collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions (Ncoll), with an indication that the ϒ(1S) state is also suppressed. The present measurement extends the number of participant nucleons in the collision (Npart) by 20% compared to Au+Au collisions, and allows us to study a system with higher energy density. We observe a suppression in both the ϒ(1S+2S+3S) and ϒ(1S) yields in central U+U data, which consolidates and extends the previously observed suppression trend in Au+Au collisions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 064904 |
Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 94 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 15 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the Office of Nuclear Physics within the U.S. DOE Office of Science, the U.S. NSF, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, NSFC, CAS, MoST and MoE of China, the National Research Foundation of Korea, NCKU (Taiwan), GA and MSMT of the Czech Republic, FIAS of Germany, DAE, DST, and UGC of India, the National Science Centre of Poland, National Research Foundation, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, and Rosatom of Russia.
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© 2016 American Physical Society.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics