2026-10-19T01:08:39Zhttps://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/oai/requestoai:ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:ebyu/119282026-10-18T20:26:54Zopenairedrivercom_ebyu_10000col_ebyu_10001Observation of the ϒ(3S) Meson and Suppression of ϒ States in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeVTumasyan, A.Adam, W.Andrejkovic, J.W.Bergauer, T.Chatterjee, S.Damanakis, K.Dragicevic, M.Escalante Del Valle, A.Hussain, P.S.Jeitler, M.Krammer, N.Lechner, L.Liko, D.Mikulec, I.Paulitsch, P.Pitters, F.M.Schieck, J.Schöfbeck, R.Schwarz, D.Templ, S.Waltenberger, W.Wulz, C.-E.Darwish, M.R.Janssen, T.Kello, T.Rejeb Sfar, H.Van Mechelen, P.Bols, E.S.D’Hondt, J.De Moor, A.Delcourt, M.El Faham, H.Lowette, S.Moortgat, S.Morton, A.Müller, D.Sahasransu, A.R.Tavernier, S.Van Doninck, W.Vannerom, D.Clerbaux, B.De Lentdecker, G.Favart, L.Hohov, D.Jaramillo, J.Lee, K.Mahdavikhorrami, M.Makarenko, I.Malara, A.Paredes, S.Binary alloysHadronsLead alloysCMS detectorsDecay channelsNuclear collisionsPb-Pb collisionsQuarkoniaStandard deviationTransverse momentaarticlecontrolled studymesonBosonsThe 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. © 2024 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration.American Physical Society2024Articlehttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/11928https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.0223020031-9007enPhysical Review Lettersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://ebyu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/ebyu/11928