Eur. Phys. J. A (2004) 19: 139-142
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjad/s2004-03-022-0

Hadrons in the nuclear medium

Charmonium production in high-energy nuclear collisions

¹ Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany
² ECT*, Villa Tambosi, I-38050 Villazzano (Trento), Italy

Received: 20 October 2003
Published online: 12 February 2004

Abstract

We discuss some issues concerning the evolution of charmonia as they interact with the constituents of the fireball produced in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions. We study in detail the evolution in different regimes, controlled by collision energy, kinematics and geometry.