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arxiv: 1004.5523 · v2 · pith:G3OLPFBHnew · submitted 2010-04-30 · ⚛️ nucl-ex

J/psi production in proton-nucleus collisions at 158 and 400 GeV

R. Arnaldi , K. Banicz , J. Castor , B. Chaurand , W. Chen , C. Cicalo , A. Colla , P. Cortese
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The NA60 experiment has studied J/psi production in p-A collisions at 158 and 400 GeV, at the CERN SPS. Nuclear effects on the J/psi yield have been estimated from the A-dependence of the production cross section ratios sigma_{J/psi}^{A}/sigma_{J/psi}^{Be} (A=Al, Cu, In, W, Pb, U). We observe a significant nuclear suppression of the J/psi yield per nucleon-nucleon collision, with a larger effect at lower incident energy, and we compare this result with previous observations by other fixed-target experiments. An attempt to disentangle the different contributions to the observed suppression has been carried out by studying the dependence of nuclear effects on x_2, the fraction of nucleon momentum carried by the interacting parton in the target nucleus.

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