x_F-dependence of J/Psi suppression in pA collisions

Abstract

Coherence effects are important in the description of collisions with extended objects as nuclei. At fixed target energies and small x_F, the coherence length of the fluctuation containing the $c\bar{c}$ is small and the usual nuclear absorption model is valid. However, at higher energies and/or x_F the nucleus is seen as a whole by the fluctuation. In this case, the total, not the absorptive, $c\bar{c}-N$ cross section controls the suppression and also shadowing of gluons appears. We propose that the growth of the coherence length can explain the x_F-dependence of present experimental data. For this, we need a ratio of absorptive over total $c\bar{c}-N$ cross section of 0.2.

15 pages, 3 postscript figures

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