Studies of Beauty Suppression via Nonprompt D^{0} Mesons in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 123; no. 2; p. 022001
• Main Authors: Sirunyan, A M, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Ambrogi, F, Asilar, E, Bergauer, T, Brandstetter, J, Dragicevic, M, Erö, J, Escalante Del Valle, A, Flechl, M, Frühwirth, R, Ghete, V M, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Krammer, N, Krätschmer, I, Liko, D, Madlener, T, Mikulec, I, Rad, N, Rohringer, H, Schieck, J, Schöfbeck, R, Spanring, M, Spitzbart, D, Taurok, A, Waltenberger, W, Wittmann, J, Wulz, C-E, Zarucki, M, Chekhovsky, V, Mossolov, V, Suarez Gonzalez, J, De Wolf, E A, Di Croce, D, Janssen, X, Lauwers, J, Pieters, M, Van Haevermaet, H, Van Mechelen, P, Van Remortel, N, Abu Zeid, S, Blekman, F, D'Hondt, J, De Bruyn, I, De Clercq, J, Deroover, K, Flouris, G, Lontkovskyi, D, Lowette, S, Marchesini, I, Moortgat, S, Moreels, L, Python, Q, Skovpen, K, Tavernier, S, Van Doninck, W, Van Mulders, P, Van Parijs, I, Beghin, D, Bilin, B, Brun, H, Clerbaux, B, De Lentdecker, G, Delannoy, H, Dorney, B, Fasanella, G, Favart, L, Goldouzian, R, Grebenyuk, A, Kalsi, A K, Lenzi, T, Luetic, J, Postiau, N, Starling, E, Thomas, L, Vander Velde, C, Vanlaer, P, Vannerom, D, Wang, Q, Cornelis, T, Dobur, D, Fagot, A, Gul, M, Khvastunov, I, Poyraz, D, Roskas, C, Trocino, D, Tytgat, M, Verbeke, W, Vermassen, B, Vit, M, Zaganidis, N, Bakhshiansohi, H, Bondu, O, Brochet, S, Bruno, G, Caputo, C, David, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 12.07.2019
• ISSN: 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.022001

The transverse momentum spectra of D^{0} mesons from b hadron decays are measured at midrapidity (|y|<1) in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center of mass energy of 5.02 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The D^{0} mesons from b hadron decays are distinguished from prompt D^{0} mesons by their decay topologies. In Pb-Pb collisions, the B→D^{0} yield is found to be suppressed in the measured p_{T} range from 2 to 100  GeV/c as compared to pp collisions. The suppression is weaker than that of prompt D^{0} mesons and charged hadrons for p_{T} around 10  GeV/c. While theoretical calculations incorporating partonic energy loss in the quark-gluon plasma can successfully describe the measured B→D^{0} suppression at higher p_{T}, the data show an indication of larger suppression than the model predictions in the range of 2<p_{T}<5  GeV/c.