J PSI SUPPRESSIONS IN A THERMALLY EQUILIBRATING QUARK-GLUON PLASMA ATRHIC/

Authors
NAYAK GC
Citation
Gc. Nayak, J PSI SUPPRESSIONS IN A THERMALLY EQUILIBRATING QUARK-GLUON PLASMA ATRHIC/, JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, (2), 1998, pp. 89-99
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS → ACNP
ISSN journal
10298479
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
89 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
1029-8479(1998):2<89:JPSIAT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We estimate the survival probability of J/psi in relativistic heavy-io n collisions, using both short-distance QCD and nuclear absorption mec hanism. The suppression is found to be almost 100 percent for a therma lly equilibrating quark-gluon plasma. The measurement of such a huge s uppression of J/psi may suggest the existence of a deconfined partonic medium, possibly a thermalised quark-gluon plasma, at RHIC.