J/ψ and Drell-Yan pair production on nuclear targets

We estimate energy losses in the cases of J/ψ and l -pair production on nuclear targets in terms of the effective change of the initial beam energy. Our phenomenological results are in reasonable agreement with theoretical calculations. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Electroproduction and gluonic production of J/ψ mesons under the assumption of quark-hadron duality

On the basis of the assumption of quark-hadron duality, it is shown that the color-singlet contribution to the cross sections for the processes e + g → e + J/ψ + g and gg → J/ψg increases upon taking into account the relative motion of quarks in the J/ψ meson.     

J/ψ production in PHENIX

Heavy quarkonia production is expected to be sensitive to the formation of a quark gluon plasma (QGP). The PHENIX experiment has measured J/ψ production at  =200 GeV in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions, as well as in reference p+p and d+Au runs. J/ψ’s were measured both at mid (|y|<0.35) and forward (1.2<|y|<2.2) rapidity. In this letter, we present the A+A preliminary results and compare them to normal cold nuclear matter expectations derived from PHENIX d+Au and p+p measurements as well as to theoretical models including various effects (color screening, recombination, sequential melting...).     

Determination of the number of J/ψ events with inclusive J/ψ decays

A measurement of the number of J/ψ events collected with the BESⅢ detector in 2009 and 2012 is performed using inclusive decays of the J/ψ. The number of J/ψ events taken in 2009 is recalculated to be(223.7±1.4)×10~6, which is in good agreement with the previous measurement, but with significantly improved precision due to improvements in the BESⅢ software. The number of J/ψ events taken in 2012 is determined to be(1086.9±6.0)×10~6. In total, the number of J/ψ events collected with the BESⅢ detector is measured to be(1310.6±7.0)×106, where the uncertainty is dominated by systematic effects and the statistical uncertainty is negligible.     

Determination of the number of J/ψ events with J/ψ → inclusive decays

The number of J/ψ events collected with the BES0 detector at the BEPC/ from June 12 to July 28, 2009 is determined to be (225:3±2:8)×10⁶ using J/ψ → inclusive events, where the uncertainty is the systematic error and the statistical one is negligible.     

Gluon multiple scattering and the transverse momentum dependence of J/ψ production in nucleus-nucleus collisions

A J/ψ meson is mainly formed by gluon fusion for 200 GeV pp collisions. In reactions with nuclei the gluons (g) scatter off other nucleons (N) before fusing to a J/ψ, which thenshows additional transverse momentum p_T. Fitting the value of the parameter σ_gN〈p²_T〉_gN to describe the gluon multiple scattering effect in proton-nucleus data, we can reproduce the p_T distribution of J/ψ production in 200 GeV/A nucleus-nucleus collisions. The origin of the p_T distribution is traced to soft gluon radiation via the Sudakov form factor.     

J/ψ production and absorption in high energy proton-nucleus collisions

Measured J/ψ production cross sections for 200 and 450 GeV/c protons incident on a variety of nuclear targets are analyzed within a Glauber framework which takes into account energy loss of the beam proton, the time delay of particle production due to quantum coherence, and absorption of the J/ψ on nucleons. The best representation is obtained for a coherence time of 0.5 fm/c, previously determined by Drell–Yan production in proton-nucleus collisions, and an absorption cross section of 3.6 mb, which is consistent with the value deduced from photoproduction of the J/ψ on nuclear targets.     

J/ψ and γ production in high energy electron-proton collisions

Differential cross sections for electroproduction of J/ψ and γ are predicted for HERA and LHC energies.     

Non-QGP mechanisms for J/ψ suppression in h-A and A-A processes

The data of charmonium/bottonium suppressions in p-A collisions are analyzed by considering the shadowing effect of the gluon structure function at small x, the absorption in the target nuclei and the energy degradation of the produced $c\bar c$ pairs. The A-andx ₂-dependences of the suppression in p-A collisions are well described based on above physical considerations. The J/ψ suppression data in A-A collisions are also analyzed based on these mechanisms.     

Tuning and Validation of the Lundcharm Model with J/ψ Decays

Using J/ψ decays collected with the BES Ⅲ detector, Lundcharm model parameters are optimized with J/ψlight hadron decays. The dependence of the response function on model parameters is approximated up to the quadratic term, and the model parameters are optimized by simultaneously fitting J/ψ inclusive charged track distributions and event shapes. The Monte Carlo simulations show that optimal parameters yield satisfactory MC distributions as compared to both the J/ψ and ψ（2S） data distributions. These optimal values are suggested for the Lundcharm model to produce J/ψ and ψ（2S） decays to light hadrons.     

J/ψ-N center of mass energy dependence of nuclear absorption effect on J/ψ production

In this paper, the J/ψ nuclear absorption effect is studied at RHIC and LHC energies with the EKS98 shadowing parameterizations. By assuming that the J/ψ absorption cross section, σ abs , increases with the charmonium-nucleon （J/ψ-N） center of mass energy, s J/ψN , it is found that σ abs should depend on x F （or y） at a certain center of mass energy per nucleon pair,s , especially at LHC energies. The theoretical results with the x F （or y）-dependence of the absorption effect are in good agreement with the experiment data from PHENIX in d-Au collisions and the predicted results will be examined by the forthcoming experimental data from LHC in d-Pb collisions. Finally, we also present baseline calculations of cold nuclear matter effects on J/ψ production in nucleus-nucleus （A-A） collisions and find that the x F （or y）-dependence of absorption effect is very small at both RHIC and LHC energies in A-A collisions.     

J/ψ-N center of mass energy dependence of nuclear absorption effect on J/ψ production

In this paper, the J/ψ nuclear absorption effect is studied at RHIC and LHC energies with the EKS98 shadowing parameterizations. By assuming that the J/ψ absorption cross section, σ abs , increases with the charmonium-nucleon (J/ψ-N) center of mass energy, s J/ψN , it is found that σ abs should depend on x F (or y) at a certain center of mass energy per nucleon pair,s , especially at LHC energies. The theoretical results with the x F (or y)-dependence of the absorption effect are in good agreement with the experiment data from PHENIX in d-Au collisions and the predicted results will be examined by the forthcoming experimental data from LHC in d-Pb collisions. Finally, we also present baseline calculations of cold nuclear matter effects on J/ψ production in nucleus-nucleus (A-A) collisions and find that the x F (or y)-dependence of absorption effect is very small at both RHIC and LHC energies in A-A collisions.     

Thermal Mass of the Gluon and the Disociation of J/ψ and ψ′in QGP Environment

Using thermo-field edynamics method,we calculate the efective mass and Debye screening mass of the gluon at finite temperature and finite density.The critical temperature and density for the dissociation of J/ψ and ψ′are obtained.     

J/ψ pair production at the Tevatron with s=1.96 TeV

We study the m J/ψ pair production issue at the Fermilab Tevatron Run II with a center-of-mass energy of √s=1.96 TeV. Both the color-singlet and color-octet production mechanisms are considered. Our results show that the transverse momentum (p_T) scaling behaviors of the double m J/ψ differential cross-sections in the color-singlets and color-octets deviate distinctively from each other while p_T is larger than 8 GeV, and with a luminosity of 5 fb^-1, the m J/ψ pair events from the color-singlet scheme are substantially measurable in the Tevatron experiments, even with a certain lower transverse momentum cut. Hence the Tevatron is still a possible platform to check the heavy quarkonium production mechanism.     

Energy loss of charm quarks from J/ψ production incold nuclear matter

J/ψ suppression in p-A collisions is studied by considering the nuclear effects on parton distribution, energy loss of beam proton and the finial state energy loss of color octet cc. The leading-order computations for J/ψ production cross-section ratios R_W/Be(x_F) are presented and compared with the selected E866 experimental data with the cc remaining colored on its entire path in the medium. It is shown that the combination of the different nuclear effects accounts quite well for the observed J/ψ suppression in the experimental data. It is found that the J/ψ suppression on R_W/Be(x_F) from the initial state nuclear effects is more important than that induced by the energy loss of color octet cc in the large x_F region. Whether the cc pair energy loss is linear or quadratic with the path length is not determined. The obtained cc pair energy loss per unit path length α=2.78±0.81 GeV/fm, which indicates that the heavy quark in cold nuclear matter can lose more energy compared to the outgoing light quark.