Upsilon Productions at STAR

Abstract

The ${\rm Y}(1S+2S+3S)\to e^{+}{e}^{-}$ cross section is measured at mid-rapidity ($y$) in $p+p$ collisions and in d$+Au$ collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. In $p+p$, the measured cross section is found to be consistent with the world data trend as a function of $\sqrt{s}$, in agreement with the Color Evaportaion Model (CEM), and underestimated by the Color Singlet Model (CSM) up to the Next-to-Leading-Order Quantum Chromodynamics (NLO QCD) calculations. In d+$Au$, the measured cross section is in agreement with the CEM prediction with anti-shadowing effects, and the nuclear modification factor indicates that ${\rm Y}(1S+2S+3S)$ production follows binary scaling within the current uncertainties. These measurements provide a benchmark for the future measurements of ${\rm Y}$ production in $Au+Au$ collisions.

4 pages, 6 figures, Lake Louise Winter Institute 2010, 15th-20th February 2010 Alberta, Canada

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• Heavy-Quarkonium Production in High Energy Proton-Proton Collisions at RHIC
• Upsilon cross section in p+p collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV