Published September 30, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on J/ψ Yields as a Function of Rapidity and Nuclear Geometry in d+A Collisions at √(sNN)=200 GeV

  • 1. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 (United States)
  • 2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337 (United States)
  • 4. Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400 (United States)

Description

We present measurements of J/ψ yields in d+Au collisions at √(sNN)=200 GeV recorded by the PHENIX experiment and compare them with yields in p+p collisions at the same energy per nucleon-nucleon collision. The measurements cover a large kinematic range in J/ψ rapidity (-2.2<y<2.4) with high statistical precision and are compared with two theoretical models: one with nuclear shadowing combined with final state breakup and one with coherent gluon saturation effects. In order to remove model dependent systematic uncertainties we also compare the data to a simple geometric model. The forward rapidity data are inconsistent with nuclear modifications that are linear or exponential in the density weighted longitudinal thickness, such as those from the final state breakup of the bound state.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
107
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 142301-142301.7
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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Notes
(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
PHENIX Collaboration