Suppression of Quarkonium Production in Heavy Ion Collisions at RHIC and LHC
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A model for the production of quarkonium states in the midrapidity region at RHIC and LHC energy range is presented which explores well understood properties of QCD only. An increase of the quarkonium hadronisation time with the initial energy leads to a gradual change of the most important phenomena from fixed target- to collider-energies. We evaluate nuclear effects in the quarkonium production due to medium modification of the momentum distribution of the heavy quarks produced in the hard interactions, i.e. due to the broadening of the transverse momentum distribution. Other nuclear effects, i.e. nuclear shadowing and parton energy loss, are also evaluated.
5 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, Contribution to the Proceedings of the V International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter July 20-25, 2000 Berkeley, California
5 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, Contribution to the Proceedings of the V International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter July 20-25, 2000 Berkeley, California