A quantitative analysis of charmonium suppression in nuclear collisions

被引:250
作者
Kharzeev, D
Lourenco, C
Nardi, M
Satz, H
机构
[1] CERN,DIV PPE,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[2] UNIV TURIN,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-10125 TURIN,ITALY
[3] UNIV TURIN,INFN TORINO,I-10125 TURIN,ITALY
[4] CERN,DIV THEORY,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
来源
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS | 1997年 / 74卷 / 02期
关键词
TRANSVERSE ENERGY-DISTRIBUTIONS; QUARK-GLUON PLASMA; J-PSI-SUPPRESSION; 200; GEV-NUCLEON; J/PSI-SUPPRESSION; DEPENDENCE; MATTER;
D O I
10.1007/s002880050392
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
Data from J/psi and psi(1). production in p - A collisions are used to determine the cross section for absorption of pre-resonance charmonium in nuclear matter. The J/psi suppression in O - Cu, O - U and S - U collisions is fully reproduced by the corresponding nuclear absorption, while Pb - Pb collisions show an additional suppression increasing with centrality. We study the onset of this change in terms of hadronic comover interactions and conclude that so far no conventional hadronic description can consistently account for all data. Deconfinement, starting at a critical point determined by central S-U collisions, is in accord with the observed suppression pattern.
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