Quarkonium production in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions: suppression vs. enhancement


Abstract in English

After a brief review of the various scenarios for quarkonium production in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions we focus on the ingredients and assumptions underlying the statistical hadronization model. We then confront model predictions for J/$psi$ phase space distributions with the most recent data from the RHIC accelerator. Analysis of the rapidity dependence of the J/$psi$ nuclear modification factor yields first evidence for the production of J/$psi$ mesons at the phase boundary. We conclude with predictions for charmonium production at the LHC.

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