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Charmonium in a weakly coupled quark-gluon plasma

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv (Israel)
We present a model of charmonium as two heavy quarks propagating classically in a weakly coupled quark-gluon plasma. The quarks interact via a static, color-dependent potential and also suffer collisions with the plasma particles. We calculate the radiation width of the color octet state (for fixed, classical {ital q{bar q}} separation) and find that the state is long lived provided a finite gluon mass is used to establish a threshold energy.
OSTI ID:
249552
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 52; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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