Erratum: Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on $J/\psi$ Production as Constrained by Deuteron-Gold Measurements at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV [Phys. Rev. C77, 024912 (2008)]

TL;DR

This erratum corrects a previous study on cold nuclear matter effects on J/psi production, updating the comparison with theoretical models due to a coding mistake, resulting in larger uncertainties but consistent data.

Contribution

The paper provides corrected comparison results and figures for the original analysis, clarifying the impact of the coding error on uncertainty estimates.

Findings

Uncertainty ranges increased by 30-60%.

Most probable sigma_breakup values changed by less than 0.4 mb.

Original data points remain unchanged.

Abstract

All of the experimental data points presented in the original paper are correct and unchanged (including statistical and systematic uncertainties). However, herein we correct a comparison between the experimental data and a theoretical picture, because we discovered a mistake in the code used. All of the most probable sigma_breakup values differ by less than 0.4 mb from those originally presented. However, the one standard deviation uncertainties (that include contributions from both the statistical and systematic uncertainties on the experimental data points) are approximately 30-60% larger than originally reported. We give a table of the new comparison results and corrected versions of Figs. 8-11 of the original paper and we note that no correction is needed for results from the data-driven method in Fig. 13.