Centrality-dependent forward $J/\psi$ production in high energy proton-nucleus collisions

Abstract

Forward $J/\psi$ production and suppression in high energy proton-nucleus collisions can be an important probe of gluon saturation. In an earlier work we studied this process in the Color Glass Condensate framework and showed that using the Glauber approach to extrapolate the dipole cross section of a proton to a nucleus leads to results closer to experimental data than previous calculations in this framework. Here we investigate the centrality dependence of the nuclear suppression in this model and show a comparison of our results with recent LHC data.

6 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider (POETIC6), September 7-11, 2015, Palaiseau, France

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