The most recent and final results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/? suppression is observed, which increases with the centrality of the collisions. The J/? production is found to be anomalously suppressed starting at mid-centralities, when compared to a reference obtained from proton-induced collisions. The most recent developments on the determination of this normal absorption curve are explained. It is also shown that for sulphur-induced reactions there is full agreement with the extrapolated normal p-A behaviour. The suppression of ?? production in heavy ion collisions (Pb-Pb and S-U) is also presented. It is seen to increase with the centrality of the collision and to be significantly stronger than the one measured in proton-induced reactions. ? 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.
NA50 final results on charmonia suppression
CORTESE, Pietro;RAMELLO, Luciano;SITTA, Mario;
2006-01-01
Abstract
The most recent and final results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/? suppression is observed, which increases with the centrality of the collisions. The J/? production is found to be anomalously suppressed starting at mid-centralities, when compared to a reference obtained from proton-induced collisions. The most recent developments on the determination of this normal absorption curve are explained. It is also shown that for sulphur-induced reactions there is full agreement with the extrapolated normal p-A behaviour. The suppression of ?? production in heavy ion collisions (Pb-Pb and S-U) is also presented. It is seen to increase with the centrality of the collision and to be significantly stronger than the one measured in proton-induced reactions. ? 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
