Published November 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression

  • 1. LIP, Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 2. Universita di Torino/INFN, Turin (Italy)
  • 3. IFA, Bucharest (Romania)

Description

The most recent and final results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/ψ suppression is observed, which increases with the centrality of the collisions. The J/ψ production is found to be anomalously suppressed starting at mid-centralities, when compared to a reference obtained from proton-induced collisions. The most recent developments on the determination of this normal absorption curve are explained. It is also shown that for sulphur-induced reactions there is full agreement with the extrapolated normal p-A behaviour. The suppression of ψ' production in heavy ion collisions (Pb-Pb and S-U) is also presented. It is seen to increase with the centrality of the collision and to be significantly stronger than the one measured in proton-induced reactions

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/50/353/jpconf6_50_047.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online) (ISSN 1742-6596) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 353-356
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
5. international conference on physics and astrophysics of quark gluons
Dates
8-12 Feb 2005
Place
Salt Lake City, Kolkata (India)

Optional Information

Collaborations
Na50 Collaboration