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Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on J/psi Yields as a Function of Rapidity and Nuclear Geometry in d plus A Collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV
Physical Review Letters
  • Andrew Adare, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Alan Dion, Iowa State University
  • John C. Hill, Iowa State University
  • Todd Kempel, Iowa State University
  • John G. Lajoie, Iowa State University
  • Alexandre Lebedev, Iowa State University
  • Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University
  • H. Pei, Iowa State University
  • Marzia Rosati, Iowa State University
  • Alexey Yu. Semenov, Iowa State University
  • C. L. Silva, Iowa State University
  • Carla Vale, Iowa State University
  • Feng Wei, Iowa State University
  • et al.
  • PHENIX Collaboration, PHENIX Collaboration
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
9-27-2011
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.142301
Abstract
We present measurements of J/psi yields in d + Au collisions at root S-NN = 200 GeV recorded by the PHENIX experiment and compare them with yields in p + p collisions at the same energy per nucleon-nucleon collision. The measurements cover a large kinematic range in J/psi rapidity (-2.2 < y < 2.4) with high statistical precision and are compared with two theoretical models: one with nuclear shadowing combined with final state breakup and one with coherent gluon saturation effects. In order to remove model dependent systematic uncertainties we also compare the data to a simple geometric model. The forward rapidity data are inconsistent with nuclear modifications that are linear or exponential in the density weighted longitudinal thickness, such as those from the final state breakup of the bound state.
Comments

This is an article from Physical Review Letters 107 (2011):142301-1, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.142301. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Andrew Adare, Alan Dion, John C. Hill, Todd Kempel, et al.. "Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on J/psi Yields as a Function of Rapidity and Nuclear Geometry in d plus A Collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV" Physical Review Letters Vol. 104 Iss. 14 (2011) p. 142301
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/112/