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
Identifiers
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)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38033549
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COLLIDING BEAMS; GEV RANGE; J PSI-3097 MESONS; LEAD 208 REACTIONS; LEAD 208 TARGET; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PROTON REACTIONS; PROTONS; PSI-3770 MESONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON REACTIONS; BARYONS; BEAMS; BOSONS; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; CHARMONIUM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRON REACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUARKONIUM; SPECTROMETERS; TARGETS; VECTOR MESONS
Optional Information
- Collaborations
- Na50 Collaboration