PT Journal
AU LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, Rea
   Jaimes Elles, SJ
   Jashal, BK
   Martinez-Vidal, F
   Oyanguren, A
   Rebollo De Miguel, M
   Ruiz Vidal, J
   Sanderswood, I
   Zhuo, J
TI Measurement of prompt D+ and Ds+ production in pPb collisions at √s_NN=5.02 TeV
SO Journal of High Energy Physics
JI J. High Energy Phys.
PY 2024
BP 070
EP 43pp
VL 01
IS 1
DI 10.1007/JHEP01(2024)070
LA English
DE Heavy Quark Production; Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics; QCD; Heavy Ion Experiments
AB The production of prompt D+ and D-s(+) mesons is studied in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of root s(NN) = 5.02TeV. The data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of (1.58 +/- 0.02)nb(-1) is collected by the LHCb experiment at the LHC. The differential production cross-sections are measured using D+ and D-s(+) candidates with transverse momentum in the range of 0 < p(T) < 14 GeV/c and rapidities in the ranges of 1.5 < y* < 4.0 and -5.0 < y* < -2.5 in the nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass system. For both particles, the nuclear modification factor and the forward-backward production ratio are determined. These results are compared with theoretical models that include initial-state nuclear effects. In addition, measurements of the cross-section ratios between D+, D-s(+) and D-0 mesons are presented, providing a baseline for studying the charm hadronization in lead-lead collisions at LHC energies.
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