Charmonia production in hot QCD matter and electromagnetic fields

Both hot QCD matter and extremely strong electromagnetic fields are generated in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We employ the transport model and the equivalent photon approximation (EPA) to study charmonium hadroproduction and photoproduction in nucleus-nucleus collisions, respectively. In photoproduction, quasireal photons may interact with the whole nucleus or individual nucleons, which are called coherent and incoherent processes, respectively. The typical momentum of charmonium produced in the two processes is located in ${p}_{T}\ensuremath{\lesssim}1/{R}_{A}$ and ${p}_{T}\ensuremath{\lesssim}1/{R}_{N}$, where ${R}_{A}$ and ${R}_{N}$ are the radii of nucleus and the nucleon. Both kinds of photoproduction and also hadroproduction are considered to calculate charmonium production in different transverse momentum bins, rapidity bins, and collision centralities, incorporating modifications from hot QCD matter and initial cold nuclear matter effects. Our calculations explain experimental data on charmonium nuclear modification factors and the production cross section in ultraperipheral collisions. Charmonium nuclear modification is far above the unit at extremely low ${p}_{T}$ (${p}_{T}<0.1\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{GeV}/c$) in peripheral collisions with centrality 70--90%, attributed to coherent photoproduction.

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Physical review. C
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2025-05-08
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.111.054908
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High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
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Charmonia production in hot QCD matter and electromagnetic fields

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Physical review. C
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
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Charmonia production in hot QCD matter and electromagnetic fields

Baoyi Chen, Jiaxing Zhao, Shiqi Zheng, S. Zheng, Jiamin Liu
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Abstract

Both hot QCD matter and extremely strong electromagnetic fields are generated in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We employ the transport model and the equivalent photon approximation (EPA) to study charmonium hadroproduction and photoproduction in nucleus-nucleus collisions, respectively. In photoproduction, quasireal photons may interact with the whole nucleus or individual nucleons, which are called coherent and incoherent processes, respectively. The typical momentum of charmonium produced in the two processes is located in ${p}_{T}\ensuremath{\lesssim}1/{R}_{A}$ and ${p}_{T}\ensuremath{\lesssim}1/{R}_{N}$, where ${R}_{A}$ and ${R}_{N}$ are the radii of nucleus and the nucleon. Both kinds of photoproduction and also hadroproduction are considered to calculate charmonium production in different transverse momentum bins, rapidity bins, and collision centralities, incorporating modifications from hot QCD matter and initial cold nuclear matter effects. Our calculations explain experimental data on charmonium nuclear modification factors and the production cross section in ultraperipheral collisions. Charmonium nuclear modification is far above the unit at extremely low ${p}_{T}$ (${p}_{T}<0.1\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{GeV}/c$) in peripheral collisions with centrality 70--90%, attributed to coherent photoproduction.

Physical review. CVol. 111(5)
Goethe University Frankfurt (DE), Goethe-Institute United Kingdom (GB), Tianjin University (CN), Instituto de Física Teórica (ES), Columbia University (US), Tsinghua University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 95%
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
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