Upsilon (nS) polarizations versus particle multiplicity in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

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2016
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The polarizations of the (\Upsilon)(1S), (\Upsilon)(2S), and (\Upsilon)(3S) mesons are measured as a function of the charged particle multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at(\sqrt{s}) = 7 TeV. The measurements are performed with a dimuon data sample collected in 2011 by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb⁻¹. The results are extracted from the dimuon decay angular distributions, in two ranges of (\Upsilon)(nS) transverse momentum (10-15 and 15-35 GeV), and in the rapidity interval |y| < 1.2. The results do not show significant changes from low- to high-multiplicity pp collisions, although large uncertainties preclude definite statements in the (\Upsilon)(2S) and (\Upsilon)(3S) cases.

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CMS, Physics, Quarkonium production, Quarkonium polarization, QCD medium effects, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Nuclear, Physics, Particles & Fields
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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Fabjan, C., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., … Woods, N. (2016). ϒ(nS) polarizations versus particle multiplicity in pp collisions at s=7 TeV. In Physics Letters B (Vol. 761, pp. 31–52). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.065