Mass Shift of Charmonium Near Deconfining Temperature and Possible Detection in Lepton Pair Production

May 5, 1986
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 57 (1986) 2123
Report number:
  • OUAM-86-3-3,
  • OS-GE-86-13

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Abstract: (APS)
The mass shift of charmonium near the critical temperature of the deconfining transition is investigated by a c−c¯ potential model through the change of the string tension. On the basis of the results, detection of the shift by lepton-pair production is discussed by the use of the hydrodynamical model of ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. It is shown that the mass shift is detectable if the critical temperature is not lower than 300 MeV.
  • CHARMONIUM
  • PSI MESONS: MASS
  • MASS: PSI MESONS
  • PSI MESONS: WIDTH
  • QUARK ANTIQUARK: POTENTIAL
  • QUARK: CONFINEMENT
  • STRING TENSION
  • DEPENDENCE: TEMPERATURE
  • NUCLEUS NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
  • SCATTERING: HEAVY ION