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Inhomogeneous Shadowing Effects on J/\psi Production in dA Collisions

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study the effect of spatially homogeneous and inhomogeneous shadowing on J/ψJ/\psi production in deuterium-nucleus collisions. We discuss how the shadowing and its spatial dependence may be measured by comparing central and peripheral dAdA collisions. These event classes may be selected by using gray protons from heavy ion breakup and events where the proton or neutron in the deuterium does not interact. We find that inhomogenous shadowing has a significant effect on central dAdA collisions, larger than is observed in central AAAA collisions. The inhomogeneity may be measured by comparing the rapidity dependence of J/ψJ/\psi production in central and peripheral collisions. Results are presented for ddAu collisions at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV and ddPb collisions at sNN=6.2\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 6.2 TeV.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0305046,
  title  = {Inhomogeneous Shadowing Effects on J/\psi Production in dA Collisions},
  author = {S. R. Klein and R. Vogt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0305046},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pgs with 3 figures