Bottom quark energy loss and hadronization with B${}^{+}$ and B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ nuclear modification factors using pp and PbPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Abstract

The production cross sections of B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ and B${}^{+}$ mesons are reported in proton-proton (pp) collisions recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC with a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 302 pb${}^{-1}$. The cross sections are based on measurements of the B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ $\to$ J/$\psi ({\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-})\varphi$(1020) (K${}^{+}$K${}^{-}$) and B${}^{+}$ $\to$ J/$\psi ({\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-})$K${}^{+}$ decay channels. Results are presented in the transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) range 7-50 GeV/$c$ and the rapidity interval $|y|$ $<$ 2.4 for the B mesons. The measured $p_{\mathrm{T}}$-differential cross sections of B${}^{+}$ and B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ in pp collisions are well described by fixed-order plus next-to-leading logarithm perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations. Using previous PbPb collision measurements at the same nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy, the nuclear modification factors, $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$, of the B mesons are determined. For $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ $<$ 10 GeV/$c$, both mesons are found to be suppressed in PbPb collisions (with $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$ values significantly below unity), with less suppression observed for the B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ mesons. In this $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ range, the $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$ values for the B${}^{+}$ mesons are consistent with those for inclusive charged hadrons and D${}^0$ mesons. Below 10 GeV/$c$, both B${}^{+}$ and B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ are found to be less suppressed than either inclusive charged hadrons or D${}^0$ mesons, with the B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$ value consistent with unity. The $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$ values found for the B${}^{+}$ and B${}_{\mathrm{s}}^0$ are compared to theoretical calculations, providing constraints on the mechanism of bottom quark energy loss and hadronization in the quark-gluon plasma, the hot and dense matter created in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions.

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