Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2004-12-14
Eur.Phys.J.C39:335-345,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
19 pages, 10 figures. Submitted to Eur. Phys. J. C
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjc/s2004-02107-9
We present a new measurement of J/psi production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental conditions with respect to previous years. With the target system placed in vacuum, the setup was better adapted to study, in particular, the most peripheral nuclear collisions with unprecedented accuracy. The analysis of this data sample shows that the (J/psi)/Drell-Yan cross-sections ratio measured in the most peripheral Pb-Pb interactions is in good agreement with the nuclear absorption pattern extrapolated from the studies of proton-nucleus collisions. Furthermore, this new measurement confirms our previous observation that the (J/psi)/Drell-Yan cross-sections ratio departs from the normal nuclear absorption pattern for semi-central Pb-Pb collisions and that this ratio persistently decreases up to the most central collisions.
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