Quarkonium production in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions: suppression vs. enhancement

Abstract

After a brief review of the various scenarios for quarkonium production in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions we focus on the ingredients and assumptions underlying the statistical hadronization model. We then confront model predictions for J/$\psi$ phase space distributions with the most recent data from the RHIC accelerator. Analysis of the rapidity dependence of the J/$\psi$ nuclear modification factor yields first evidence for the production of J/$\psi$ mesons at the phase boundary. We conclude with predictions for charmonium production at the LHC.

arXiv comment8 pages, 6 figures, invited paper, Quark Matter 2006 conference, Shanghai, submitted to J. Phys. G

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