ALICE CollaborationArmesto Pérez, NéstorGonzález Ferreiro, ElenaPajares Vales, CarlosSalgado López, Carlos Alberto2020-04-222020-04-222014Abelev, B., Adam, J., Adamová, D. et al. Suppression of ψ(2S) production in p-Pb collisions at √sNN= 5.02 TeV. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 73 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2014)073http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21619The ALICE Collaboration has studied the inclusive production of the charmonium state ψ(2S) in proton-lead (p-Pb) collisions at the nucleon-nucleon centre of mass energy √sNN= 5.02 TeV at the CERN LHC. The measurement was performed at forward (2.03 < y cms < 3.53) and backward (−4.46 < y cms < −2.96) centre of mass rapidities, studying the decays into muon pairs. In this paper, we present the inclusive production cross sections σ ψ(2S), both integrated and as a function of the transverse momentum p T, for the two y cms domains. The results are compared to those obtained for the 1S vector state (J/ψ), by showing the ratios between the production cross sections, as well as the double ratios [σ ψ(2S) /σ J/ψ ]pPb /[σ ψ(2S) /σ J/ψ ]pp between p-Pb and proton-proton collisions. Finally, the nuclear modification factor for inclusive ψ(2S) is evaluated and compared to the measurement of the same quantity for J/ψ and to theoretical models including parton shadowing and coherent energy loss mechanisms. The results show a significantly larger suppression of the ψ(2S) compared to that measured for J/ψ and to models. These observations represent a clear indication for sizeable final state effects on ψ(2S) production.eng© CERN, for the benefit of the ALICE Collaboration. Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Charm physicsHeavy Ionsjournal article10.1007/JHEP12(2014)0731029-8479open access