Evidence for Modification of b Quark Hadronization in High-Multiplicity pp Collisions at √s=13 TeV

Aaij, R.; Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W.; Beteta, C. Abellan; Abudinen, F.; Ackernley, T.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Adlarson, P.; Afsharnia, H.; Agapopoulou, C.; Aidala, C. A.; Ajaltouni, Z.; Akar, S.; Akiba, K.; Albrecht, J.; Alessio, F.; Alexander, M.; Alfonso Albero, A.; Aliouche, Z.; Cartelle, P. Alvarez; Amalric, R.; Amato, S.; Amey, J. L.; 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.; Bachmann, S.; Bachmayer, Marie; Back, J. J.; Bailly-reyre, A.; Baladron Rodriguez, P.; Balagura, V.; Baldini, W.; Baptista de Souza Leite, J.; Barbetti, M.; Barlow, R. J.; Barsuk, S.; Barter, W.; Bartolini, M.; Baryshnikov, F.; Basels, J. M.; Bassi, G.; Batsukh, B.; Battig, A.; Bay, A.; Beck, A.; Becker, M.; Bedeschi, F.; Bediaga, I. B.; Beiter, A.; Belavin, V.; 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, H. C.; Bertella, C.; Bertolin, A.; Betancourt, C.; Betti, F.; Bezshyiko, Ia.; Bhasin, S.; Bhom, J.; Bian, L.; Bieker, M. S.; Biesuz, N. V.; Bifani, S.; Billoir, P.; Biolchini, A.; Birch, M.; Bishop, F. C. R.; Bitadze, A.; Bizzeti, A.; Blago, M. P.; Blake, T.; Blanc, F; Blank, J. E.; Blusk, S.; Bobulska, D.; Boelhauve, J. A.; Garcia, O. Boente; et al.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.061901

research article

Evidence for Modification of b Quark Hadronization in High-Multiplicity pp Collisions at √s=13 TeV

Aaij, R.

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Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W.

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Beteta, C. Abellan

August 10, 2023

Physical Review Letters

The production rate of B-s(0) mesons relative to B-0 mesons is measured by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy √s = 13 TeV over the forward rapidity interval 2 < y < 4.5 as a function of the charged particle multiplicity measured in the event. Evidence at the 3.4 sigma level is found for an increase of the ratio of B-s(0) to B-0 cross sections with multiplicity at transverse momenta below 6 GeV=c, with no significant multiplicity dependence at higher transverse momentum. Comparison with data from e(+)e(-) collisions implies that the density of the hadronic medium may affect the production rates of B mesons. This is qualitatively consistent with the emergence of quark coalescence as an additional hadronization mechanism in high-multiplicity collisions.