Investigation of suppression of Y(nS) in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at √sNN=200 GeV and 5.02 TeV

초록

The primary purpose of studying quarkonium production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is to understand the properties of the quark-gluon plasma. At various collision systems, measurements of quarkonium states of different binding energies, such as T(nS), can provide comprehensive information. A model study has been performed to investigate the modification of T(nS) production in Pb-Pb collisions at root sNN = 5.02 TeV and Au-Au collisions at root sNN = 200 GeV. A Monte Carlo simulation study is performed with a publicly available hydrodynamic simulation package for the quark-gluon plasma medium and a theoretical calculation of the temperature-dependent thermal width of T(nS) considering the gluodissociation and inelastic parton scattering for dissociation inside the medium. In addition, we perform a systematic study with different descriptions of initial collision geometry and formation time of T(nS) to investigate their impacts on yield modification. The model calculation with a varied parameter set can describe the experimental data of T(nS) in Pb-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV and T(2S) in Au-Au collisions at 200 GeV but underestimates the modification of T(1S) at the lower collision energy. The nuclear absorption mechanism is explored to understand the discrepancy between the data and simulation.

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