文摘
The polarisation of prompt \(\psi {(2S)} \) mesons is measured by performing an angular analysis of \(\psi {(2S)} \!\rightarrow \mu ^+\mu ^- \) decays using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 \(\,\text{ fb }^{-1} \) , collected by the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 7?TeV. The polarisation is measured in bins of transverse momentum \(p_\mathrm{T} \) and rapidity \(y\) in the kinematic region \(3.5< p_\mathrm{T} <15{\mathrm {\,GeV\!/}c} \) and \(2.0<y<4.5\) , and is compared to theoretical models. No significant polarisation is observed.