J/Psi Flow analysis for Au+Au data from PHENIX

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Abstract

In 1986 Matsui and Satz predicted that $J/{\Psi}$ will be suppressed by Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) due to color screening, which will prevent binding $c\bar{c}$ pair and lead to $J/{\Psi}$ suppression [1]. Many different experimental groups have studied the $J/{\Psi}$ production meachanisms in relativistic heavy ion collisions since then. In recent years, at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), both PHENIX and STAR collaborations have reported $J/{\Psi}$ results from Au+Au and p+p collision. The elliptic flow study [2] is one of the most important tools to understand the initial state of matter created at heavy ion collisions. Recent reasults show a strong quark scaling property of $v_{2}$ from the measured baryons and mesons at RHIC. These results indicate fast initial state thermalization of the colliding nuclei. In this work, I am going to present the current status of $J/{\psi}$ flow measurement from its dimuon decay channel at forward rapidity in Au+Au collision at center of mass energy per nucleon nucleon collision $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV. \\[4pt] [1] T. Matsui and H. Satz, Physics Letters B {\bf 178}, 4, (1986) \\[0pt] [2] A.M.Poskanzer and Voloshin, Physical Review {\bf 58}, 3, (1998)\\[0pt] [3] A. Adare, et al (PHENIX), PRL 98,232301 (2007)

Authors

  • Abhisek Sen

    Georgia State University