Suppression of J/psi and Psi' Production in High-Energy Pb on Pb Collisions

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13 December 1996

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/9607285

Abstract

The anomalous J/psi suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158A GeV observed recently by NA50 can be explained as due to the transition to a new phase of strong J/psi absorption, which sets in when the local energy density exceeds about 3.4 GeV/fm**3.

Keywords

SUPPRESSION OF J/PSI
J/PSI ABSORPTION
ANOMALOUS J/PSI
PB COLLISIONS
STRONG J/PSI
ENERGY PB
PSI

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Published version: Physical Review C, 55 (5), 2621.

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