2003/02/07 by Robert L. Thews, R. L. Thews, Thews, R. L.
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0302050
To be published in "Hard Probes in Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC, CERN report
arxiv created 2003/02/07 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The goal of this section is to assess the possibility that quarkonium production rates may be enhanced in nucleus-nucleus interactions at the LHC relative to that predicted by extrapolation of processes thought to be dominant at lower energy. This enhancement could follow from the effects of incoherent recombination mechanisms involving uncorrelated pairs of heavy quarks and antiquarks which result from multiple pair production. Two different approaches have been considered: statistical hadronization and kinetic formation. Updated predictions relevant to Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC are given.