J/ψ Suppression in a Hadron and String Cascade Model
- Received Date: 1998-04-13
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 1999-05-05
Abstract: The proposed hadron and string cascade model, JPCIAE, for ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions based on the LUND model and the PYTHIA event generator especially, is used to inveshgate the J/ψ suppression due to the nuclear absorption of a J/ψ in minimum bias pA and BA collisions at 200A GeV energy. With the different sets of reasonable formation bine for hadron and J/ψ the results of J/ψ suppression factor from both the usual scenario and the Glauber-like simulations are comparable with all the NA38 PA and BA data, except the NA50 data of Ph+Pb collisions. However, the difference between the usual scenario and the Glauber-like simulation, hence the difference betWeen the dynamical simulation and Glauber theory,can not be ignored. The sensitive effect of the hadron formation bine on the J/ψ suppression is studied in detail. The results seem to denote that for the J/ψ suppression the meson absorption plays a role in pA as well as in BA collisions.