@article{9e196caa29c246fd94af58951cc54d43,
title = "Observation of the ϒ(3S) Meson and Suppression of ϒ States in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV",
abstract = "The production of ϒ(2S) and ϒ(3S) mesons in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) and proton-proton (pp) collisions is studied in their dimuon decay channel using the CMS detector at the LHC. The ϒ(3S) meson is observed for the first time in Pb-Pb collisions, with a significance above 5 standard deviations. The ratios of yields measured in Pb-Pb and pp collisions are reported for both the ϒ(2S) and ϒ(3S) mesons, as functions of transverse momentum and Pb-Pb collision centrality. These ratios, when appropriately scaled, are significantly less than unity, indicating a suppression of ϒ yields in Pb-Pb collisions. This suppression increases from peripheral to central Pb-Pb collisions. Furthermore, the suppression is stronger for ϒ(3S) mesons compared to ϒ(2S) mesons, extending the pattern of sequential suppression of quarkonium states in nuclear collisions previously seen for the J/ψ, ψ(2S), ϒ(1S), and ϒ(2S) mesons.",
author = "{CMS Collaboration} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and Andrejkovic, {J. W.} and T. Bergauer and S. Chatterjee and K. Damanakis and M. Dragicevic and {Escalante Del Valle}, A. and Hussain, {P. S.} and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and P. Paulitsch and Pitters, {F. M.} and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and D. Schwarz and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and Darwish, {M. R.} and T. Janssen and T. Kello and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and Bols, {E. S.} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and {De Moor}, A. and M. Delcourt and {El Faham}, H. and S. Lowette and S. Moortgat and A. Morton and D. M{\"u}ller and Sahasransu, {A. R.} and S. Tavernier and {Van Doninck}, W. and D. Vannerom and B. Clerbaux and {De Lentdecker}, G. and L. Favart and D. Hohov and J. Jaramillo and K. Lee and M. Mahdavikhorrami and I. Makarenko and Kuo, {C. M.} and Tsung-Tai Lin",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration.",
year = "2024",
month = jul,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.022302",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
volume = "133",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
number = "2",
}