J / ψ production in heavy ion collisions and gluon saturation

Dmitri Kharzeev, Eugene Levin, Marzia Nardi, Kirill Tuchin*

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Abstract

We calculate the inclusive J / ψ production in heavy ion collisions including the effects of gluon saturation in the wave functions of the colliding nuclei. We argue that the dominant production mechanism in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions for heavy nuclei is different from the one in hadron-hadron interactions. We find that the rapidity distribution of primary J / ψ production is more peaked around midrapidity than the analogous distribution in elementary pp collisions. We discuss the consequences of this fact on the experimentally observed J / ψ suppression in Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)230-255
Number of pages26
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume826
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2009

Funding

FundersFunder number
Ministry of Science, Culture & Sport, Israel & the Russian Foundation for Basic research of the Russian Federation
US Department of Energy
Bloom's Syndrome Foundation20004019

    Keywords

    • Color glass condensate
    • Glauber approach
    • Gluon saturation
    • High energy QCD
    • Space-time picture at high energy

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