The Role of Gluon Depletion in J/psi Suppression
R. C. Hwa, J. Pisut, N. Pisutova
Abstract
The depletion of gluons as the parton flux traverses a nucleus in a heavy-ion collision can influence the production rate of heavy-quark states. Thus the suppression of J/ψ can be due to gluon depletion in the initial state in addition to nuclear and hadronic absorption in the final state. A formalism is developed to describe the depletion effect. It is shown that, without constraints from other experimental facts beside the J/ψ suppression data in pA and AB collisions, it is not possible to determine the relative importance of depletion vs absorption. Possible relevance to the enhanced suppression seen in the Pb - Pb data is mentioned but not studied.
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