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CMS-PAS-HIN-21-014
Constraining bottom quark energy loss and hadronization with B+ and B0s nuclear modification factors in pp and PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV with CMS
Abstract: The CMS Collaboration reports on the production yields of B0s and B+ mesons in proton-proton (pp) collisions recorded in 2017 at the CERN LHC with a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. Utilizing an integrated luminosity of 302.3 pb1, the analysis focuses on the exclusive decay channels B0sJ/ψ(μ+μ)ϕ(K+K) and B+J/ψ(μ+μ)K+ in a transverse momentum (pT) range of 7-50 GeV/c and a rapidity interval |y|<2.4. The measured pT-differential cross sections of B+ and B0s in pp collisions are well-described by fixed-order plus next-to-leading logarithm calculations. Combining with the previous measurements in lead-lead collisions at the same center of mass, we measure the nuclear modification factor, RAA, of the B+ mesons. The RAA of B+ is significantly lower than unity, while B0s data hint at a larger RAA than that of B+. The B+ RAA is compatible with the RAA of charged hadrons and D0 mesons in the intermediate pT region, while a hint of a smaller suppression is observed for pT< 10 GeV/c. The RAA data from B+ and B0s are also compared to theoretical calculations, providing constraints on the mechanism of beauty quark energy loss and hadronization in the quark-gluon plasma.
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