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Gluon saturation effects on J/Psi production in heavy ion collisions

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-18 v2

Abstract

We discuss a novel mechanism for J/Psi$ production in nuclear collisions arising due to the high density of gluons. We demonstrate that gluon saturation in the colliding nuclei is a dominant source of J/Psi suppression and can explain its experimentally observed rapidity and centrality dependence.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1604,
  title  = {Gluon saturation effects on J/Psi production in heavy ion collisions},
  author = {Kirill Tuchin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1604},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Contribution to the "Quark Matter 2009" Proceedings