Yetkin, Elif Aslı2022-11-072022-11-072022-02-210031-9007https://hdl.handle.net/11411/4647https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.032001Abstract: 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/??+?-??+?-?+?-. 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 ?2S yield ratio is found to be ?Pb-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. © 2022 CERN.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle2-s2.0-8512371039610.1103/PhysRevLett.128.03200135119878Q1WOS:000748799800002