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Evidence for X(3872) in Pb-Pb Collisions and Studies of its Prompt Production at \sqrt s_NN=5.02,,TeV

Shchutska, Lesya  
2022
Physical Review Letters

The first evidence for X(3872) production in relativistic heavy ion collisions is reported. The X(3872) production is studied in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √sNN=5.02  TeV per nucleon pair, using the decay chain X(3872)→J/ψπ+π−→μ+μ−π+π−. The data were recorded with the CMS detector in 2018 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 1.7  nb−1. The measurement is performed in the rapidity and transverse momentum ranges |y|<1.6 and 15<pT<50  GeV/c. The significance of the inclusive X(3872) signal is 4.2 standard deviations. The prompt X(3872) to ψ2S yield ratio is found to be ρPb−Pb=1.08±0.49(stat)±0.52(syst), to be compared with typical values of 0.1 for pp collisions. This result provides a unique experimental input to theoretical models of the X(3872) production mechanism, and of the nature of this exotic state.

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