Signatures of charmonium modification in spatial correlation functions

Mar, 2012
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 85 (2012) 114501
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Report number:
  • BNL-97047-2012-JA,
  • BI-TP-2012-09

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study spatial correlation functions of charmonium in 2+1 flavor QCD using an improved staggered formulation. Contrary to the temporal correlation functions the spatial correlation functions exhibit a strong temperature dependence above the QCD transition temperature. Above this temperature they are sensitive to temporal boundary conditions. Both features become significant at a temperature close to 1.5 Tc and suggest corresponding modifications of charmonium spectral functions.
Note:
  • 12 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures
  • 12.38.Aw
  • 11.15.Ha
  • temperature: transition
  • charmonium
  • correlation function
  • flavor: 3
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • spectral representation
  • temperature dependence
  • boundary condition