Published April 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of deconfinement in NA50

  • 1. LIP, Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 2. Universita di Torino/ INFN, Torino (Italy)

Description

The J/ψ production in 158 A GeV Pb-Pb interactions is studied, in the dimuon decay channel, as a function of centrality, as measured with the electromagnetic or, alternatively, with the very forward hadronic calorimeters. After a first sharp variation at mid-centrality, both patterns continue to fall down and exhibit a curvature change at high centrality values. This trend excludes any conventional hadronic model and finds a natural explanation in a deconfined quark-gluon phase scenario. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pramana
Journal Volume
60
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 817-828
CODEN
PRAMCI

Conference

Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics and Astrophysics of Quark-Gluon Plasma - Part I
Dates
26-30 Nov 2001
Place
Jaipur (India)

Optional Information

Notes
21 refs., 10 figs.
Collaborations
NA50 Collaboration