Forward $J/\psi$ production in U$+$U collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=193 GeV
Abstract
The invariant yields for production at forward rapidity in UU collisions at =193 GeV have been measured as a function of collision centrality. The invariant yields and nuclear-modification factor are presented and compared with those from AuAu collisions in the same rapidity range. Additionally, the direct ratio of the invariant yields from UU and AuAu collisions within the same centrality class is presented, and used to investigate the role of coalescence. Two different parameterizations of the deformed Woods-Saxon distribution were used in Glauber calculations to determine the values of the number of nucleon-nucleon collisions in each centrality class, , and these were found to give significantly different values. Results using values from both deformed Woods-Saxon distributions are presented. The measured ratios show that the suppression, relative to binary collision scaling, is similar in UU and AuAu for peripheral and midcentral collisions, but that show less suppression for the most central UU collisions. The results are consistent with a picture in which, for central collisions, increase in the yield due to coalescence becomes more important than the decrease in yield due to increased energy density. For midcentral collisions, the conclusions about the balance between coalescence and suppression depend on which deformed Woods-Saxon distribution is used to determine .
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@article{arxiv.1509.05380,
title = {Forward $J/\psi$ production in U$+$U collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=193 GeV},
author = {A. Adare and C. Aidala and N. N. Ajitanand and Y. Akiba and R. Akimoto and J. Alexander and M. Alfred and K. Aoki and N. Apadula and H. Asano and E. T. Atomssa and T. C. Awes and B. Azmoun and V. Babintsev and M. Bai and X. Bai and N. S. Bandara and B. Bannier and K. N. Barish and S. Bathe and V. Baublis and C. Baumann and S. Baumgart and A. Bazilevsky and M. Beaumier and S. Beckman and R. Belmont and A. Berdnikov and Y. Berdnikov and D. Black and D. S. Blau and J. S. Bok and K. Boyle and M. L. Brooks and J. Bryslawskyj and H. Buesching and V. Bumazhnov and S. Butsyk and S. Campbell and C. -H. Chen and C. Y. Chi and M. Chiu and I. J. Choi and J. B. Choi and S. Choi and P. Christiansen and T. Chujo and V. Cianciolo and Z. Citron and B. A. Cole and N. Cronin and N. Crossette and M. Csanád and T. Csörgő and D. Danley and A. Datta and M. S. Daugherity and G. David and K. DeBlasio and K. Dehmelt and A. Denisov and A. Deshpande and E. J. Desmond and L. Ding and A. Dion and P. B. 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Singh and C. P. Singh and V. Singh and M. Skolnik and M. Slunečka and M. Snowball and S. Solano and R. A. Soltz and W. E. Sondheim and S. P. Sorensen and I. V. Sourikova and P. W. Stankus and P. Steinberg and E. Stenlund and M. Stepanov and A. Ster and S. P. Stoll and M. R. Stone and T. Sugitate and A. Sukhanov and T. Sumita and J. Sun and J. Sziklai and A. Takahara and A. Taketani and Y. Tanaka and K. Tanida and M. J. Tannenbaum and S. Tarafdar and A. Taranenko and E. Tennant and R. Tieulent and A. Timilsina and T. Todoroki and M. Tomášek and H. Torii and C. L. Towell and R. Towell and R. S. Towell and I. Tserruya and H. W. van Hecke and M. Vargyas and E. Vazquez-Zambrano and A. Veicht and J. Velkovska and R. Vértesi and M. Virius and V. Vrba and E. Vznuzdaev and X. R. Wang and D. Watanabe and K. Watanabe and Y. Watanabe and Y. S. Watanabe and F. Wei and S. Whitaker and A. S. White and S. Wolin and C. L. Woody and M. Wysocki and B. Xia and L. Xue and S. Yalcin and Y. L. Yamaguchi and A. Yanovich and S. Yokkaichi and J. H. Yoo and I. Yoon and Z. You and I. Younus and H. Yu and I. E. Yushmanov and W. A. Zajc and A. Zelenski and S. Zhou and L. Zou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.05380},
year = {2019}
}
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404 authors, 13 pages, 9 figures, and 6 tables. V2 is version accepted by Phys. Rev. C. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html