Charmonium Production at High $p_t$ at RHIC
Nuclear Theory
2008-06-10 v1
Abstract
We calculate transverse-momentum () spectra and elliptic flow of 's in - and - collisions at RHIC. We employ an earlier constructed 2-component approach for direct and regenerated charmonia which is fairly consistent with the centrality dependence of inclusive yields at SPS and RHIC. Discrepancies with high- data in - collisions are addressed by implementing effects of a finite formation time and an estimate of meson feeddown, which largely resolve the problem. The sensitivity of the spectra to the Cronin effect and different in-medium dissociation rates is studied. The predicted elliptic flow in semicentral - collisions is rather small, 2-3%.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.1239,
title = {Charmonium Production at High $p_t$ at RHIC},
author = {Xingbo Zhao and Ralf Rapp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1239},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, 8 figures, proceeding for 24th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics