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$\psi(2S)$ photoproduction in high energy nuclear collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-12-05 v3 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study coherent photoproduction of ψ\psi' and the subsequent suppression in high energy nuclear collisions. The hot medium effect on charmonium photoproduction is controlled by the competition between the fireball size and nuclear size. When the former is smaller than the later, the photoproduction is only slightly affected by the hot medium. We calculate the yield ratio of ψ\psi' to J/ψJ/\psi in semi-central Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energy, while the high pTp_T limit is characterized by the fireball, its value in low pTp_T limit can still reach the significant enhancement by photoproduction.

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@article{arxiv.1801.01677,
  title  = {$\psi(2S)$ photoproduction in high energy nuclear collisions},
  author = {Baoyi Chen and Carsten Greiner and Wei Shi and Wangmei Zha and Pengfei Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.01677},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures