J/ψ and charm at STAR
Creators
- 1. UC Berkeley/Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
Description
Gluon saturation effects and Color Glass Condensate models become important at a scale QS2(x). If the saturation scale can be raised to above the charm-quark mass, saturation effects can influence charm production and it is expected, based on CGC models, that charm particle production will follow similar patterns to those found in light quarks. This scale can potentially be reached in the charm sector by going to forward rapidities at RHIC and using nuclear 'targets'. The large acceptance and pseudorapidity coverage (2.5<η<4) of the Forward Meson Spectrometer (FMS) at STAR provide excellent geometric efficiency to measure high-xFJ/ψ production in p+p and d+Au collisions. A significant observation of high-xFJ/ψ in p+p collisions has been obtained. Measurements of forward open charm production also look to be feasible based on initial simulation studies. By comparing d+Au measurements to p+p measurements in both charmonium and open charm productions, the FMS at STAR has the potential to test several predictions of CGC/Saturation models in the charm sector.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2011.01.005Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2011.01.005;
- PII
- S0375-9474(11)00016-9;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. A
- Journal Volume
- 854
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 212-221
- ISSN
- 0375-9474
- CODEN
- NUPABL
Conference
- Title
- What have we learned from RHIC?
- Acronym
- Workshop on saturation, the color glass condensate and the glasma
- Dates
- 10-12 May 2010
- Place
- Upton, NY (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42055079
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BROOKHAVEN RHIC; CHARM PARTICLES; COLOR MODEL; CONDENSATES; D QUARKS; DEUTERONS; FORECASTING; GLUONS; GOLD; ION-ATOM COLLISIONS; J PSI-3097 MESONS; MASS; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; SATURATION; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETERS; U QUARKS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; ATOM COLLISIONS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHARMONIUM; COLLISIONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; INTERACTIONS; ION COLLISIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESONS; METALS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; QUARK MODEL; QUARKONIUM; QUARKS; STORAGE RINGS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; VECTOR MESONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.