Dissociation of Heavy Quarkonium in Quark-Gluon Plasma

dc.creatorBenzahra, Sidi Cherkawi
dc.creatorBayman, Benjamin F.
dc.date2003-07-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:50:10Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:50:10Z
dc.descriptionIn this work we calculate the lifetime of quarkonium moving with velocity $v$ through a quark gluon plasma at temperature $T$. We also investigate the stability of heavy mesons with respect to the effects of color charge screening. An explicit, configuration-space potential is found for the screened interaction between the quarks constituting the meson. We solve the Schrödinger equation for the relative motion of the quarks in this non-spherical potential. In this way, we determine the range of $v,T$ values for which the meson is bound. When a bound state exists, we use the bound-state wavefunction as the initial state for the dissociation of the meson due to gluon absorption. The meson lifetime is thus determined as a function of $v$ and $T$, and conclusions are drawn concerning the possibility of detection of the meson in a high-energy heavy-nucleus collision.
dc.description16 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0307271
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0307271
dc.identifierHigh Energy Density Physics Journal, Elsevier, HEDP 6, Journal #5507, HEDP-D-05-00001 (2005)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/42677
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleDissociation of Heavy Quarkonium in Quark-Gluon Plasma
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