Published 2004 | Version v1
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Charmonia suppression in nucleus-nucleus interactions at CERN SPS

Creators

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Torino (Italy)
  • 2. Torino Univ. (Italy)
  • 3. Institutul de Fizica Atomica, Bucharest (Romania)
  • 4. YerPhI, Yerevan (Armenia)
  • 5. Grenoble-1 Univ., 74 - Annecy (France). Lab. de Physique des Particules Elementaires
  • 6. Clemont-Ferrand-2 Univ., 63 - Aubiere (France). Lab de Physique Nucleaire
  • 7. Blaise Pascal Univ. (France).
  • 8. Paris-11 Univ., 91 - Orsay (France)
  • 9. Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 10. LIP, Lisbon (Portugal)

Description

The NA50 experiment at CERN SPS has studied charmonium production in Pb b collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon. According to the theoretical predictions the observation of the suppression of the J/ψ production yield is expected to be an unambiguous probe for a phase transition from ordinary nuclear matter towards a state in which quarks and gluons are deconfined. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Hungarica. Heavy Ion Physics
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 337-341
ISSN
1219-7580
CODEN
APHPFM

INIS

Country of Publication
Hungary
Country of Input or Organization
Hungary
INIS RN
35051345
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; J PSI-3097 MESONS; LEAD 206 REACTIONS; LEAD 206 TARGET; LEAD 208 REACTIONS; LEAD 208 TARGET; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUARK MATTER
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BOSONS; CHARMONIUM; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; MATTER; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; QUARKONIUM; SYNCHROTRONS; TARGETS; VECTOR MESONS

Optional Information

Notes
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Collaborations
NA50 Collaboration