Theoretical interpretations of J/Ψ suppression: A summary

1998/02/12 by Dmitri E. Kharzeev, D. Kharzeev · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9474(98)00366-2

published as Nucl.Phys. A638 (1998) 279c-290c · 13 pages, 1 figure, invited plenary talk at Quark Matter'97 Conference, Tsukuba, Japan

arxiv created 1998/02/12 · openalex publication_date 1998/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The strong "anomalous" J/Psi suppression observed recently by the NA50 Collaboration at CERN SPS has attracted considerable attention. Is it the first signature of a long-awaited quark-gluon plasma, or just a peculiar combination of "conventional" effects acting together to produce the puzzling pattern observed experimentally? This talk is an attempt to summarize the theoretical explanations proposed during the last two years.

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