Anomalous J / psi suppression in Pb + Pb collisions at 158-A-GeV/c

The NA50 collaboration Gonin, Michel ; Abreu, M.C. ; Alexa, C. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.A 610 (1996) 404C-417C, 1996.
Inspire Record 432728 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.36494

Cross sections for J ψ,ψ′ and Drell-Yan production in Pb+Pb collisions at 158×A GeV/c are presented and compared with results obtained by the NA38 and NA51 collaborations. The Pb+Pb data have been collected by the NA50 collaboration using the NA38 dimuon spectrometer. The Drell-Yan mechanism is found to scale as (A projectile · B target ) in p+B target and A projectile + B target collisions including Pb+Pb collisions. Regarding J ψ , an anomalous suppression is observed in Pb+Pb collisions with respect to the suppression observed in p+B target , O+B target and S+U collisions. The cross section ratios ψ′ ( J ψ ) are similar in Pb+Pb and S+U collisions.

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