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Theoretical issues in J/psi suppression

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2 Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Two decades ago Matsui and Satz suggested that Debye screening in the quark-gluon plasma would result in J/psi suppression in heavy ion collisions. Much has happened in the subsequent years, and the picture of quark-gluon plasma at present is rapidly evolving - what does it imply for the J/psi suppression? What are the recent RHIC and SPS results trying to tell us? What else has to be done? This talk is an attempt to address these questions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0703259,
  title  = {Theoretical issues in J/psi suppression},
  author = {D. E. Kharzeev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0703259},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

8 pages, 6 figures, invited plenary talk at Quark Matter -2006, Shanghai, China, November 14-20, 2006