Nuclear Effects in J/ψJ/\psi Suppression

Feb, 1988
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 206 (1988) 354-360
  • Published: 1988
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-4974/88

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We compute the effect on the J/ψ production in nucleus-nucleus coollisions of the absorption of the J/ψ inside the colliding nuclei. Using a value of the absorptive J/ψ-nucleon cross section which reproduces the A -dependence of the J/ψ cross section in hadron-nucleus collisions, we obtain much less suppression than that measured by the NA38 Collaboration. The effect due to a strongly absorbed ( A 0.7 ) component is also discussed. In order to explain the NA38 results one needs a very large contribution (50%) of the latter component.
  • NUCLEUS NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
  • P NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
  • J/PSI(3100): HADROPRODUCTION
  • HADROPRODUCTION: J/PSI(3100)
  • J/PSI(3100): ABSORPTION
  • ABSORPTION: J/PSI(3100)
  • CHANNEL CROSS SECTION
  • NUCLEON NUCLEON: INTERACTION
  • INTERACTION: NUCLEON NUCLEON
  • MODEL: DRELL-YAN