J/ ψ, ψ′ and Drell-Yan production in S-U interactions at 200 GeV per nucleon

• Published in: Physics letters. B Vol. 449; no. 1; pp. 128 - 136
• Main Authors: Abreu, M.C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., Bohrani, A., Bussière, A., Busson, P., Castor, J., Chambon, T., Charlot, C., Chaurand, B., Chevrot, I., Contardo, D., Descroix, E., Devaux, A., Drapier, O., Espagnon, B., Fargeix, J., Ferreira, R., Fleuret, F., Force, P., Gago, J., Gerschel, C., Gorodetzky, P., Grossiord, J.Y., Guichard, A., Guillaud, J.P., Haroutunian, R., Jouan, D., Kluberg, L., Kossakowski, R., Landaud, G., Lourenço, C., Luquin, L., Mandry, R., Mourgues, S., Ohlsson-Malek, F., Papillon, S., Pizzi, J.R., Racca, C., Ramos, S., Romana, A., Ronceux, B., Saturnini, P., Silva, S., Sonderegger, P., Tarrago, X., Varela, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; Physics
• ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445
• DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00057-X

A detailed study of J/
ψ,
ψ′ and Drell-Yan production in S-U collisions has been performed by experiment NA38 at the CERN SPS. This paper presents production cross sections and their centrality dependence, based on the largest sample of S-U events collected by the experiment.