J / psi production in relativistic heavy ion collisions from a multiphase transport model

Jan, 2002
12 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.C 65 (2002) 054909
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Abstract:
Using A Multi-Phase Transport (AMPT) model, we study J/psi production from interactions between charm and anti-charm quarks in initial parton phase and between D and Dbar mesons in final hadron phase of relativistic heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Including also the inverse reactions of J/psi absorption by gluons and light mesons, we find that the net number of J/psi from the parton and hadron phases is smaller than that expected from the superposition of initial nucleon-nucleon collisions, contrary to the J/psi enhancement predicted by the kinetic formation model. The production of J/psi is further suppressed if one includes the color screening effect in the parton phase. We have also studied the dependence of J/psi production on the charm quark mass and the effective charm meson mass.
  • 24.10.Lx
  • 25.75.Dw
  • 24.10.Jv
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • gold
  • J/psi(3100): hadroproduction
  • quark antiquark: interaction
  • quark: charm
  • quark: mass
  • D anti-D: interaction