Does the orientation of a deformed nucleus play a role in J/psi suppression? art. no. 044905

Using a hadron-string cascade model, JPCIAE, we study the effect of the ori entation of deformed nucleus on J/psi suppression in the central collision of uranium bombarding with uranium at 200A GeV/c. We find that the J/psi su rvival probability is much smaller if the major axes of both deformed nucle i are along the beam direction than if they are perpendicular to the beam d irection.