Abstract
Charmonium suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon is investigated in detail with the study of the transverse momentum distributions of J/ψ as a function of the centrality of the collision. It is shown that the observed J/ψ suppression in Pb-Pb interactions is particularly significant mainly at low transverse momentum where it strongly depends on centrality. For peripheral Pb-Pb collisions, the transverse momentum dependence of the J/ψ cross section is, as a function of centrality, qualitatively similar to the dependence observed in p-A and S-U collisions. Comparing peripheral and central Pb-Pb collisions, the data show a relative suppression in the whole pT range although its amplitude significantly decreases with increasing pT and becomes almost pT independent for the highest pT values.
Lingua originale | Inglese |
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pagine (da-a) | 243-250 |
Numero di pagine | 8 |
Rivista | Nuclear Physics A |
Volume | 749 |
Numero di pubblicazione | 1-4 SUPPL. |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 7 mar 2005 |