37 research outputs found
Colour Screening, Quark Propagation in Nuclear Matter and the Broadening of the Momentum Distribution of Drell-Yan Pairs
We calculate the broadening of the transverse momentum distribution of a
quark propagating through nuclear matter. Colour screening plays a fundamental
role in that it cuts off quark-nucleon interactions with soft gluons. The mean
transverse momentum of the quark acquired along its trajectory, observed via
Drell-Yan pairs, is related to it the ratio of the total inelastic
meson-nucleon cross section it to the meson mean squared radius. Parameter-free
calculations agree with the data.Comment: LaTex file, 7 pages + 2 figs (not included, available by fax)
Heidelberg , HD-TVP-93-
Charmonium suppression in p-A collisions
The new high precision data on charmonium production in proton-nucleus
collisions by the E866/NuSea collaboration at Fermilab allow - together with
older data at lower energies - to fix a unique set of parameters for the
standard production and absorption scenario of charmonium in a proton-nucleus
reaction. In this scenario the c-cbar pair is formed in an octet state, emits a
gluon and continues its radial expansion in a singlet state until it has
reached the charmonium radius. In all three phases it can interact with the
nuclear environment. We find that the lifetime of the octet state is much
shorter than acceptable on physical grounds. This challenges the physical
reality of the first phase in the standard scenario.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figure
Color mixing in high-energy hadron collisions
The color mixing of mesons propagating in a nucleus is studied with the help
of a color-octet Pomeron partner present in the two-gluon model of the Pomeron.
For a simple model with four meson-nucleon channels, color mixings are found to
be absent for pointlike mesons and very small for small mesons. These results
seem to validate the absorption model with two independent color components
used in recent analyses of the nuclear absorption of mesons produced
in nuclear reactions.Comment: 3 journal-style page
Color-Octet Fraction in J/Psi Production and Absorption
The cross section between a pair and a nucleon is small and
sensitive to the separation if the pair is in a color-singlet
state, but very large and insensitive to the separation if it is in a
color-octet state. We use this property in an absorption model involving both
color components to deduce the color structure of pairs produced in
reactions. Our analysis shows that the NA3, NA38 and E772
data are not inconsistent with the theoretical picture that color-octet and
color-singlet precursors are produced in roughly equal proportions if the
produced color-singlet precursors are pointlike and transparent. However, if
the color-singlet precursors are not transparent but have a cross section of a
few mb, these data do show a definite preference for a larger fraction of
color-singlet precursors. In either case, the color-octet fraction increases
with , approaching unity as becomes large.Comment: 9 pages, updated to include new result
Channel-Coupling Effects in High-Energy Hadron Collisions
The Two-Gluon Model of the Pomeron predicts strongly size-dependent
high-energy hadron cross sections. Yet experimental cross sections for radially
excited mesons appear surprisingly close in value. The strong coupling of these
mesons in hadron collisions also predicted by the model permits a qualitative
understanding of this puzzling behavior in terms of eigenmode propagation with
a common eigen-. A detailed semiempirical coupled-channel model of the
Pomeron is constructed to elucidate this and other features of high-energy
hadron cross sections.Comment: 13 pages, latex, no figure