1. J/psi suppression in p-A collisions from parton energy loss in cold QCD matter
- Author
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Arleo, F., Peigné, S., Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique (LAPTH), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), and Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,Nuclear Theory ,[PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th] ,[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph] ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,FOS: Physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Particle Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
The effects of energy loss in cold nuclear matter on J/psi suppression in p-A collisions are studied. A simple model based on first principles and depending on a single free parameter is able to reproduce J/psi suppression data at large xF and at various center-of-mass energies. These results strongly support energy loss as a dominant effect in quarkonium suppression. They also give some hint on its hadroproduction mechanism suggesting color neutralization to happen on long time-scales. Predictions for J/psi and Upsilon suppression in p-Pb collisions at the LHC are made., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures
- Published
- 2012