Measuring the JPsi-Nucleon dissociation cross section with PANDA

TL;DR

This paper discusses a proposed experiment at PANDA to measure the JPsi-nucleon dissociation cross section by analyzing JPsi yields in antiproton-nucleus reactions with various targets.

Contribution

It introduces a method to determine the JPsi-nucleon dissociation cross section using measurements at PANDA with different nuclear targets.

Findings

Numerical simulations support the feasibility of the measurement.

The experiment can differentiate dissociation cross sections across target materials.

The approach advances understanding of charmed hadron interactions with nuclear matter.

Abstract

With the PANDA detector at the HESR at FAIR it will be possible to study the production and absorption of charmed hadrons in nuclear targets. Of special interest in this context is the determination of the JPsi-nucleon dissociation cross section. This can be determined with measurements of the JPsi yield in antiproton-nucleus reactions using different target materials. The experiment is described and numerical simulations are presented.