Production of Quarkonia at RHIC

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental results on quarkonium production at RHIC, highlighting insights into nuclear matter effects in high-energy heavy ion collisions across various systems and energies.

Contribution

It summarizes recent findings on $J/\psi$ and $\Upsilon$ production from PHENIX and STAR, emphasizing the exploration of nuclear modifications at RHIC.

Findings

Quarkonium production varies across collision systems and energies.

Results provide insights into hot and cold nuclear matter effects.

Data from RHIC complements LHC studies in understanding quarkonium behavior.

Abstract

The production of different quarkonium states provides unique insight to the hot and cold nuclear matter effects in the strongly interacting medium that is formed in high energy heavy ion collisions. While LHC explores the energy frontier, RHIC has a broad physics program to explore the nuclear modification at different energies in a wide range of systems. Some of the most interesting recent results on $J/\psi$ and $\Upsilon$ production in p+p, d+Au and A+A collisions from PHENIX and STAR are summarized in this work.