J/psi production at high transverse momenta in p plus p and Cu plus Cu collisions at [sqrt] s(NN)=200 GeV
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Sakuma, Tai; Leight, William Axel; Kocoloski, Adam Philip; Jones, Christopher LaDon; Corliss, Ross Cameron; Betancourt, Michael Joseph; Surrow, Bernd; Balewski, Jan T.; Walker, Matthew H; Redwine, Robert P; Milner, Richard G; Hoffman, Alan Michael; ... Show more Show less
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J/ψ production at high transverse momenta in p + p and Cu + Cu collisions at √sNN=200 GeV
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The STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider presents measurements of J/psi-->e+e- at midrapidity and high transverse momentum (pT>5 GeV/c) in p+p and central Cu+Cu collisions at [sqrt]sNN=200 GeV. The inclusive J/psi production cross section for Cu+Cu collisions is found to be consistent at high pT with the binary collision-scaled cross section for p+p collisions. At a confidence level of 97%, this is in contrast to a suppression of J/psi production observed at lower pT. Azimuthal correlations of J/psi with charged hadrons in p+p collisions provide an estimate of the contribution of B-hadron decays to J/psi production of 13%±5%.
Date issued
2009-10Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review C
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American Physical Society
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STAR Collaboration et al. “J/ psi production at high transverse momenta in p+p and Cu+Cu collisions at [sqrt]sNN=200 GeV.” Physical Review C 80.4 (2009): 041902. © 2009 American Physical Society.
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0556-2813