Date:
Mon, 28/10/201316:15-17:15
Location:
Weizmann Institute of Science
"The quarkonium saga in heavy ion collisions":
It is more than 25 years since the classic paper of Matsui and Satz (PLB 178 (1986) 416) that predicted J/ψ suppression in the Quark Gluon Plasma as a consequence of color charge screening that prevents ccbar binding. After intense efforts, both experimental and theoretical, the quarkonium saga remains exciting, producing surprising results and a detailed understanding of J/ψ production in nuclear collisions is still lacking. After a brief review including the first results from the SPS, this talk will focus on the most recent results obtained at RHIC and the LHC.
It is more than 25 years since the classic paper of Matsui and Satz (PLB 178 (1986) 416) that predicted J/ψ suppression in the Quark Gluon Plasma as a consequence of color charge screening that prevents ccbar binding. After intense efforts, both experimental and theoretical, the quarkonium saga remains exciting, producing surprising results and a detailed understanding of J/ψ production in nuclear collisions is still lacking. After a brief review including the first results from the SPS, this talk will focus on the most recent results obtained at RHIC and the LHC.