B-meson production at forward and backward rapidity in p+p and Cu + Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV
- Aidala, C.
- Kim, D. J.
- Krizek, F.
- Novitzky, N.
- Rak, J.
- PHENIX Collaboration
Publication date
December 2017
DOI Publisher
American Physical Society (APS) ISSN
2469-9985Abstract
The fraction of J/psi mesons which come from B-meson decay, F-B -> J/psi is measured for J/psi rapidity 1.2 0 in p + p and Cu+Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV with the PHENIX detector. The extracted fraction is F-B -> J/psi = 0.025 +/- 0.006 (stat) +/- 0.010(syst) for p + p collisions. For Cu+Au collisions, F-B -> J/psi is 0.094 +/- 0.028(stat) +/- 0.037(syst) in the Au-going direction (-2.2 <y <-1.2) and 0.089 +/- 0.026(stat) +/- 0.040(syst) in the Cu-going direction (1.2 <y <2.2). The nuclear modification factor, R-CuAu,of B mesons in Cu+Au collisions is consistent with binary scaling of measured yields in p + p at both forward and backward rapidity.Peer reviewe
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