Investigating color screening in proton-nucleus collisions with complex potentials

Color screening and parton inelastic scattering modify the heavy-quark antiquark potential in mediums consisting of particles from quantum chromodynamics(QCD),leading to the suppression of quarkonium production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.Owing to the small charm/anti-charm(cc)pair production number in proton-nucleus(pA)collisions,the correlation between different cc pairs is negligible,which makes the Schrödinger equation viable for tracking the evolution of only one cc pair.We employ the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with an in-medium cc potential to study the evolution of charmonium wave functions in a hydrodynamic-like QCD medium produced in pA collisions.We explore different parametrizations of real and imaginary parts of the cc potential and calculate the nuclear modification factors(R_(pA))of J/ψ and ψ(2S)in √s_(NN)=5.02 TeV energy p-Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC).Comparing strong and weak screening scenarios with experimental data in this approach,we arrive at the conclusion that color screening is weak at temperatures close to the deconfined phase transition.Moreover,the imaginary part of the potential is crucial in describing the experimental data,which is consistent with widely studied semi-classical approaches,where dissociation rates are essential.

相对论重离子碰撞中的重夸克势

在高温高密的夸克胶子等离子体(QGP)中,重夸克的相互作用势会受到周围部分子的影响而发生改变。一般认为,重夸克偶素的相互作用势的实部应该介于重夸克偶素的自由能F和内能U之间,且具体形式依赖于温度。而重夸克偶素的虚部相互作用势则来自朗道阻尼效应。基于含时薛定谔方程模型,采用不同的重夸克相互作用势,研究重夸克偶素的波函数在QGP中的演化,并计算重夸克偶素的核修正因子。通过同时考虑冷核效应和热核效应,把理论计算的底夸克偶素的核修正因子与实验数据对比,发现当重夸克偶素的实部相互作用势接近内能U时,能够较好地解释实验现象,并能看到不同底夸克偶素的连续压低现象,即更高激发态的底夸克偶素由于其自身束缚能更小而更容易被解离。薛定谔方程模型,有利于建立有限温度重夸克势与实验观测量之间的直接联系,并确定相互作用势的形式。