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arxiv: 1101.5295 · v2 · pith:NJGCWINYnew · submitted 2011-01-27 · ✦ hep-ph

Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on jpsi Production with Extrinsic pT at sqrt{s_(NN)}=5.5~TeV at the LHC

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keywords collisionspbpbeffectsgluonnuclearcoldmatterproduction
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Taking into account the gluon shadowing and the $J/\psi$ nuclear absorption, we evaluate the Cold Nuclear Matter (CNM) effects on $J/\psi$ production in $p$Pb and PbPb collisions at the design LHC energy for PbPb collisions, $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.5$ TeV. In view of the good agreement between the yield prediction using the LO CSM and the ALICE data at 7 TeV, we employ the latter model to use a complete description of the kinematics of the underlying $2 \rightarrow 2$ partonic process, namely $g + g \rightarrow J/\psi + g$. We observe a large $J/\psi$ suppression in $p$Pb and PbPb collisions due to the strong shadowing of the gluon distribution in the lead ion at the corresponding gluon momentum fractions. This suppression from CNM effects has a strong rapidity dependence which may compensate, partially or completely, that of of the predicted charm recombination in PbPb collisions.

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