Measurement of inclusive J/ψ suppression in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV through the dimuon channel at STAR

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Measurement of inclusive J/ψ suppression in Au+Au collisions at s_NN=200 GeV through the dimuon channel at STAR

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Abstract

J/ψ suppression has long been considered a sensitive signature of the formation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this letter, we present the first measurement of inclusive J/ψ production at mid-rapidity through the dimuon decay channel in Au+Au collisions at s_NN=200 GeV with the STAR experiment. These measurements became possible after the installation of the Muon Telescope Detector was completed in 2014. The J/ψ yields are measured in a wide transverse momentum (p_T) range of 0.15 GeV/c to 12 GeV/c from central to peripheral collisions. They extend the kinematic reach of previous measurements at RHIC with improved precision. In the 0-10% most central collisions, the J/ψ yield is suppressed by a factor of approximately 3 for p_T>5 GeV/c relative to that in p+p collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions. The J/ψ nuclear modification factor displays little dependence on p_T in all centrality bins. Model calculations can qualitatively describe the data, providing further evidence for the color-screening effect experienced by J/ψ mesons in the QGP.

Original language	English
Article number	134917
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	797
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134917
State	Published - Oct 10 2019

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Keywords

Color-screening
J/ψ suppression
Quark-gluon plasma

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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