Cold nuclear effects on heavy flavours (a review)

Abstract

Before wondering about the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), one has to take into account various cold (normal) nuclear matter effects, that can be probed through p+A like collisions. This article aims at reviewing the current results (and understanding) of these effects on heavy quarks and quarkonia production.Comment: 8 pages, 6x2 figures, SQM08 proceedings, version accepted by J.Phys.G. Figure 4 left and 5 right remad