Measurements of charmonium production in p+p, p+Au, and Au+Au collisions at with the STAR experiment
Here, we present the first results from the STAR MTD of mid-rapidity charmonium measurements via the di-muon decay channel in p+p, p+Au, and Au+Au collisions at √S NN = 200 GeV at RHIC. The inclusive J/Ψ production cross section in p+p collisions can be described by the Non-Relativistic QCD (NRQCD) formalism coupled with the color glass condensate e ective theory (CGC) at low transverse momentum (p T) and next-to-leading order NRQCD at high p T. The nuclear modification factor in p+Au collisions for inclusive J/Ψ is below unity at low p T and consistent with unity at high p T, which can be described by calculations including both nuclear PDF and nuclear absorption e ects. The double ratio of inclusive J/Ψ and Ψ(2S) production rates for 0 < p T < 10 GeV/c at mid-rapidity between p+p and p+Au collisions is measured to be 1.37 0.42 0.19. The nuclear modification factor in Au+Au collisions for inclusive J/Ψ shows significant J/Ψ suppression at high p T in central collisions and can be qualitatively described by transport models including dissociation and regeneration contributions.
- Publication Date:
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-114477-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0375-9474; R&D Project: PO 004; PII: S037594741730091X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Physics. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 967; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0375-9474
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Research Org:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
- Contributing Orgs:
- STAR Collaboration
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; heavy-ion collisions; quarkonium; J/Ψ suppression; color screening; cold nuclear matter effect
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1408722