| Summary: | A study is presented of central exclusive production of Υ(nS) states, where the Υ(nS) resonances decay to the μ[superscript +] μ[superscript −] final state, using pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment. The cross-section is measured in the rapidity range 2 < y(Υ) < 4.5 where the muons are reconstructed in the pseudorapidity range 2 < η(μ[superscript ±]) < 4.5. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.9 fb[superscript −1] and was collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV. The measured Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) production cross-sections are σ(pp→pY(1S)p) = 9.0±2.1±1.7 pb and σ(pp→pY(2S)p) = 1.3±0.8±0.3 pb, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. The Υ(1S) crosssection is also measured as a function of rapidity and is found to be in good agreement with Standard Model predictions. An upper limit is set at 3.4 pb at the 95% confidence level for the exclusive Υ(3S) production cross-section, including possible contamination from χ b (3P) → Υ(3S)γ decays. Keywords: Diffraction, Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Forward physics, Particle and resonance production, Heavy quark production
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