D mesons in matter and the in-medium properties of charmonium

Bengt Friman; Su Houng Lee; Taesoo Song

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02855-1

D mesons in matter and the in-medium properties of charmonium

Bengt Friman, Su Houng Lee, Taesoo Song

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Abstract

We study the changes in the partial decay widths of excited charmonium states into DD̄, when the D-meson mass decreases in nuclear matter, taking the internal structure of the hadrons into account. Calculations within the ³P₀ model for Ψ(3686) and Ψ(3770) imply that naive estimates of the in-medium widths based only on phase space are grossly exaggerated. Due to nodes in the wave functions, these states may even become narrow at high densities, if the D-meson mass is decreased by about 200 MeV. For the x states, we generally expect stronger modifications of the widths. The relevance of the x widths for J/Ψ suppression in heavy ion collision is discussed. These phenomena could be explored in experiments at the future accelerator facility at GSI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-160
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	548
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02855-1
Publication status	Published - 2002 Nov 21

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We thank D.-O. Riska for useful comments. S.H.L. gratefully acknowledges hospitality of GSI, where this work was initiated and completed. The work was supported in part by the KOSEF Grant 1999-2-111-005-5, and the Korean Ministry of Education Grant 2000-2-0689.

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D mesons in matter and the in-medium properties of charmonium

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