pith. machine review for the scientific record. sign in

arxiv: 0711.4672 · v2 · submitted 2007-11-29 · ✦ hep-ph

Recognition: unknown

Coherent J/psi production - a novel feature at LHC?

Authors on Pith no claims yet
classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords energyproductioncoherentcollisionsenergiesheavyheavy-quarknuclei
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Energy dependence of heavy quarkonia production in hadron-nucleus collisions is studied in the framework of the Glauber-Gribov theory. We emphasize a change in the space-time picture of heavy-quark state production on nuclei with energy. Longitudinally ordered scattering of a heavy-quark system takes place at low energies, while with increasing energy it transforms to a coherent scattering of projectile partons on the nuclear target. The characteristic energy scale for this transition depends on masses and rapidities of produced particles. For J/psi, produced in the central rapidity region, the transition happens at RHIC energies. The parameter-free calculation of J/psi in dAu collisions is in good agreement with recent RHIC data. We use distributions of gluons in nuclei to predict suppression of heavy quarkonia at LHC.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.