Bottomonium suppression: A probe to the pre-equilibrium era of quark matter

Abstract

We have studied the thermal suppression of the bottomonium states in relativistic heavy-ion collision at LHC energies as function of centrality, rapidity, transverse momentum etc. to explain the CMS data. Our investigation mainly spans over three problems: a) how the theoretical predictions might still be modified by the remnants of the non-perturbative confining force, b) how does the presence of a not necessarily isotropic QCD medium modify the potential (both the real and imaginary part) acting between a static quark and antiquark pair, and c) finally how the additional time-zone of pre-equilibrium partonic evolution, in addition to the above modifications, affects the bottomonium production at the LHC energies. We resolve them by correcting both the perturbative and nonperturbative terms of the $Q\bar{Q}$ potential in (an)isotropic QCD medium and then couple to the dynamics of the system undergoing successive pre-equilibrium and equilibrium era. Due to the tiny formation time and the large binding energy of bottomonium (1S) state, we succeed in constraining the isotropization time and the shear viscosity.

arXiv comment31 pages, 8 figures

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