The production of the J/ ψ and ψ ′ charmonia states has been studied, through their dimuon decay, in proton, Oxygen and Sulphur induced reactions, by the NA38 experiment at the CERN SPS. The proton data was collected with beams of 200 and 450 GeV, while the ion beams had an energy of 200 GeV per incident nucleon. The J/ ψ production cross-section per nucleon-nucleon collision exhibits a remarkably continuous pattern, as a function of the product of the mass numbers of the interacting nuclei, from pp up to S-U reactions. The same pattern is observed within S-U collisions, as a function of the collision centrality. While in p-A interactions both charmonia states exhibit the same A-dependence, in S-U collisions the ψ ′ production is very strongly suppressed.
Results of fitting the 200 and 450 GeV J/PSI data separately with a power law parametrization SIG=SIG0*(A*B)**POWER, where A and B are the beam and targetmass numbers. The value obtained from a combined fit is also given, as well as the ratio between the values of SIG0 for the 200 and 450 GeV data sets.
The J/PSI cross sections per nucleon (times the BR to di-muons) rescaled to 200 GeV/nucleon, using the SIG0 ratio detemined in the previous table, and to the cm rapidity window 0 to 1. The errors are combined statistical and systematic.
The ratio between the PSI(3685) and the J/PSI production cross section, times their BR into di-muons, at an incident beam energy of 450 GeV per nucleon. The errors are combined statistical and systematic.
Absolute J/ ψ and ψ ′ production cross sections have been measured at the CERN SPS, with 450 GeV/ c protons incident on a set of C, Al, Cu and W targets. Complementing these values with the results obtained by experiment NA51, which used the same beam and detector with H and D targets, we establish a coherent picture of charmonia production in proton-induced reactions at SPS energies. In particular, we show that the scaling of the J/ ψ cross section with the mass number of the target, A, is well described as A α , with α ψ =0.919±0.015. The ratio between the J/ ψ and ψ ′ yields, in our kinematical window, is found to be independent of A, with α ψ ′ − α ψ =0.014±0.011.
The ratio of the production cross sections, in the di-muon channel. Note that there are wo set of CU and WT data with targets of different lengths. An average values is also given for these.
The J/PSI absolute cross sections, times the BR to di-muons.
The PSI(3685) absolute cross sections, times the BR to di-muons.
The Drell-Yan and J ψ cross-sections measured in PbPb collisions are compared with the values extrapolated from the results obtained in proton and light ion induced reactions. While the Drell-Yan production exhibits the normal expected behaviour, the yield of J ψ in PbPb interactions is abnormally low, as it lies 9 standard deviations below the expected value. Moreover, the departure from the expected behaviour increases significantly from peripheral to central collisions.
The results from other experiments are also presented.
Different data are rescaled at 200 GeV.
J ψ and ψ′ production cross sections are studied for several proton induced reactions and in SU collisions, in the NA38 experiment, by measuring the resonances' decays in the muon pair channel. Whereas in p-A interactions the ψ ′/ J / ψ ratio remains constantin going from p-p and p-d collisions to p-W and p-U, with a mean value of 1.76% ± 0.04%, in the SU data it exhibits half of this value and decreases as centrality of the collision increases. Also studied are the differences between the γ π 0 ratio yields correlated with the J ψ mass range and other dimuon masses; no significant effect is seen.
DATA IN THE COLLINS-SOPPER FRAME, OF -0.5<COS(THETA)<0.5.
DATA IN THE COLLINS-SOPPER FRAME, OF -0.5<COS(THETA)<0.5.
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The nuclear dependence for 800 GeV/c proton production of J/ψ’s has been measured near xF=0. $J/ psi—’s produced from beryllium, carbon, and tungsten targets were detected with the Fermilab E789 pair spectrometer. These data extend the results from E772 down to the range xF=-0.1 to 0.1 and indicate a gradually increasing suppression as xF falls below zero.
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