Quarkonium Binding and Dissociation: The Spectral Analysis of the QGP
Abstract
Description
In statistical QCD, the thermal properties of the quark-gluon plasma can be determined by studying the in-medium behaviour of heavy quark bound states. The results can be applied to quarkonium production in high energy nuclear collisions, if these indeed form a fully equilibrated QGP. Modifications could arise if an initial charm excess persists in the collision evolution and causes quarkonium regeneration at hadronization.
12 pages, 7 figures; presented at the 2nd International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High Energy Collisions, Asilomar/California, June 9 - 15, 2006, and at the International Workshop on Heavy Quarkonium 2006, Brookhaven National Laboratory, June 27 - 30, 2006
12 pages, 7 figures; presented at the 2nd International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High Energy Collisions, Asilomar/California, June 9 - 15, 2006, and at the International Workshop on Heavy Quarkonium 2006, Brookhaven National Laboratory, June 27 - 30, 2006