Recent ALICE results on quarkonium production in nuclear collisions

Abstract

Quarkonium production has long been regarded as a potential signature of deconfinement in nucleus-nucleus collisions. Recently, the production of J/$\psi$ via regeneration within the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) or at the phase boundary has been identified as an important ingredient for the interpretation of quarkonium production results from lead-lead collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Quarkonium polarization could also be used to investigate the properties of the hot and dense medium created at the LHC energies. In this contribution, the latest ALICE results on quarkonium will be presented and discussed. These include, among others, the nuclear modifications of (prompt and non-prompt) J/$\psi$ and $\psi$(2S) production, and the J/$\psi$ polarisation, all measured with lead-lead collisions at the LHC. The results will be compared with available theoretical model calculations.

arXiv comment4 pages, 8 figures, The 28th International Nuclear Physics Conference, 11--16th September 2022, Cape Town, South Africa

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