Parton Percolation and J/Psi Suppression
arXiv:hep-ph/0207264 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02782-X
Abstract
The geometric clustering of partons in the transverse plane of nuclear collisions leads for increasing A or sqrt(s) to percolation. In the resulting condensate, the partons are deconfined but not yet in thermal equilibrium. We discuss quarkonium dissociation in this precursor of the quark-gluon plasma, with an onset of dissociation when the saturation scale of the parton condensate reaches that of the given quarkonium state.
13 pages latex file, 7 eps figures