Absorption and percolation in the production of J/psi in heavy ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a simple model combining string absorption and percolation to explain J/psi suppression observed in heavy ion collisions, successfully matching experimental data.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel combined model of string absorption and percolation to describe J/psi suppression in heavy ion collisions.

Findings

Model explains NA50 data well

String absorption and percolation are key mechanisms

Provides insights into quark-gluon plasma formation

Abstract

We present a simple model with string absorption and percolation to describe the J/psi suppression in heavy ion collisions. The NA50 data are fairly well explained by the model.