Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1992-04-13
Phys.Lett.B288:355-359,1992
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
(10 pages)
Scientific paper
10.1016/0370-2693(92)91114-O
The interaction of quarkonium with nuclei is studied in the $m_Q\rightarrow \infty$ limit of QCD, where the binding energy is found to be exactly computable. The dominant contribution to the interaction is from two-gluon operators. The forward matrix elements of these two-gluon operators can be determined from the QCD scale anomaly, and from deep inelastic scattering. We apply our results to the $\Upsilon$ and $J/\psi$, treating the $\qqbar$ interaction as purely Coulombic. We find the $\Upsilon$ binds in nuclear matter with a binding energy of a few $\mev$, while for the $J/\psi$ binding is of order 10 $\mev$. For the $J/\psi$ in particular we expect confinement effects to produce large corrections to this result.
Luke Michael
Savage Martin J.
~Manohar Aneesh V.
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