Published August 1996
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Journal article
J/ψ Suppression in Pb-Pb Collisions: A Hint of Quark-Gluon Plasma Production?
Description
The NA50 Collaboration has recently observed a strong suppression of J/ψ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158GeV/nucleon. We show that this recent observation finds a quantitative explanation in a model which relates the suppression mechanism to the local energy density, whose value is higher in Pb-Pb collisions than in any other system studied previously. The sensitivity of the phenomenon to small changes in the energy density could be suggestive of quark-gluon plasma formation. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1703-1706.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28010625
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY DENSITY; GLUONS; J PSI-3097 MESONS; LEAD 207 TARGET; LEAD 208 REACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PLASMA; QUARKS; SENSITIVITY; TEV RANGE 10-100
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; CHARMONIUM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARKONIUM; TARGETS; TEV RANGE; VECTOR MESONS