J/\psi Suppression in Pb+Pb Collisions: A New Look at Hadrons vs. Plasma
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-30 v3
Abstract
A reexamination of hadronic comover scattering indicates that this mechanism cannot explain the observed suppression in Pb+Pb interactions. The possibility of quark-gluon plasma formation is therefore considered.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9708294,
title = {J/\psi Suppression in Pb+Pb Collisions: A New Look at Hadrons vs. Plasma},
author = {R. Vogt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9708294},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Calculations redone, figures updated, conclusions unchanged, to be published in Phys. Lett. B. 13 pages, LaTeX, uses epsf style, 4 figures