Published May 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

J/ψ-hadron correlations at STAR

  • 1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)

Description

Despite over 30 years of theoretical studies of quarkonia production, the consistent description of J/ψ production mechanism is still missing. At RHIC energies, the main difficulty is the separation of different contributions to the inclusive J/ψ yield, which are direct production, feed-down from excited charmonium states and b-hadron decays. The information about production rates for these processes is also crucial to understand J/ψ in-medium interaction which has been an active field of research for the last 20 years. In this article we discuss the recent results of J/ψ-hadron correlation reported by the STAR collaboration. This measurement was used to constrain the contribution from b-hadron decays to inclusive J/ψ yield at high transverse momentum. We also discuss prospects for using quarkonia-hadron correlation to study quarkonia direct production.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.081

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.081;
PII
S0920-5632(11)00149-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
214
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 177-180
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
Workshop on three days of quarkonium production in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions
Dates
29-31 Jul 2010
Place
Palaiseau (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43069846
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BROOKHAVEN RHIC; J PSI-3097 MESONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BOSONS; CHARMONIUM; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; MESONS; QUARKONIUM; STORAGE RINGS; VECTOR MESONS

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