CHARMONIUM IN A WEAKLY COUPLED QUARK-GLUON PLASMA

Authors
LEVINPLOTNIK D SVETITSKY B
Citation
D. Levinplotnik et B. Svetitsky, CHARMONIUM IN A WEAKLY COUPLED QUARK-GLUON PLASMA, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 52(7), 1995, pp. 4248-4250
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
52
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4248 - 4250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1995)52:7<4248:CIAWCQ>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We present a model of charmonium as two heavy quarks propagating class ically in a weakly coupled quark-gluon plasma. The quarks interact via a static, color-dependent potential and also suffer collisions with t he plasma particles. We calculate the radiation width of the color oct et state (for fixed, classical <q(q)over bar> separation) and find tha t the state is long lived provided a finite gluon mass is used to esta blish a threshold energy.