Suppression ofJ/ψandψ′production in high-energy Pb on Pb collisions

1996/07/31 by Cheuk-Yin Wong · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algorithm #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.55.2621

published as Phys.Rev.C55:2621-2624,1997 · 4 pages (REVTeX), includes 3 eps figures; revised to update results

arxiv created 1996/12/13 · openalex publication_date 1997/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The anomalous J/\ensuremathψ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158A GeV observed recently by NA50 can be explained as due to the transition to a phase of strong J/\ensuremathψ absorption, which sets in when the local energy density exceeds about 3.4 GeV/fm³.

Citations

• Suppression ofψ′andJ/ψin High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions

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