1. Measurement of prompt D+ and Ds+ production in pPb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV
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Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Abellan Beteta, C, Abudinén, F, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Adlarson, P, Afsharnia, H, Agapopoulou, C, Aidala, CA, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Akiba, K, Albicocco, P, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Alfonso Albero, A, Aliouche, Z, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Amalric, R, Amato, S, Amey, JL, Amhis, Y, An, L, Anderlini, L, Andersson, M, Andreianov, A, Andreotti, M, Andreou, D, Ao, D, Archilli, F, Artamonov, A, Artuso, M, Aslanides, E, Atzeni, M, Audurier, B, Bachiller Perea, I, Bachmann, S, Bachmayer, M, Back, JJ, Bailly-reyre, A, Baladron Rodriguez, P, Balagura, V, Baldini, W, Baptista de Souza Leite, J, Barbetti, M, Barbosa, IR, Barlow, RJ, Barsuk, S, Barter, W, Bartolini, M, Baryshnikov, F, Basels, JM, Bassi, G, Batsukh, B, Battig, A, Bay, A, Beck, A, Becker, M, Bedeschi, F, Bediaga, IB, Beiter, A, Belin, S, Bellee, V, Belous, K, Belov, I, Belyaev, I, Benane, G, Bencivenni, G, Ben-Haim, E, Berezhnoy, A, Bernet, R, Bernet Andres, S, Berninghoff, D, Bernstein, HC, Bertella, C, Bertolin, A, Betancourt, C, Betti, F, Bezshyiko, Ia, Bhom, J, Bian, L, Bieker, MS, Biesuz, NV, Billoir, P, Biolchini, A, Birch, M, Bishop, FCR, Bitadze, A, Bizzeti, A, Blago, MP, Blake, T, Blanc, F, Blank, JE, Blusk, S, Bobulska, D, Bocharnikov, V, and Boelhauve, JA
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics ,Particle and High Energy Physics ,Physical Sciences ,Heavy Quark Production ,Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics ,QCD ,Heavy Ion Experiments ,Mathematical Physics ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Quantum Physics ,Nuclear & Particles Physics ,Mathematical physics ,Nuclear and plasma physics ,Particle and high energy physics - Abstract
The production of prompt D + and Ds+ mesons is studied in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sNN = 5.02 TeV. 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 Ds+ 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 +, Ds+ and D 0 mesons are presented, providing a baseline for studying the charm hadronization in lead-lead collisions at LHC energies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
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- 2024