Quarkonium Production in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

September 28 - October 2, 1998.

A RIKEN BNL Research Center Workshop

Scientific Program


Monday 28 September
8:30- Registration
9:30 N. Samios Welcome from the RIKEN-BNL Center
T. Kirk Welcome from BNL
T. Matsui Opening Talk (50'+10')
10:50 Coffee break
11:00E. Braaten Inclusive Quarkonium Production in High Energy Collisions (50'+10')
12:00Lunch
13:30M. Leitch Vector Meson Production and Nuclear Effects in Fermilab E866 (45'+15')
R.L. Thews Formation Time for Quarkonium from e+ e- Annihilation (30'+10')
15:10Coffee break
15:40J. Kapusta Coherence Time in High Energy Proton-Nucleus Collisions (30'+10')
S. Peigne A New Mechanism for Quarkonium Production (30'+10')
K. Kourepin Precursor Phenomena in Particle Production by Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions  (30'+10')
18:00Welcome reception

Tuesday 29 September
9:30 M.Gonin New Results on Charmonium Production from NA50 (45'+25')
10:40 Coffee break
10:50L. Ramello New Results on Intermediate Mass Dileptons from NA50 (30'+10')
W. Zajc PHENIX Overview(30'+10')
12:10Lunch
13:30A. Capella J/Psi and Drell-Yan E_t Distributions with Comovers (30'+10')
M. Nardi Charmonium Suppression and Percolation in Heavy Ion Collisions (30'+10')
14:50Coffee break
15:00J. Huefner J/Psi-proton Cross Section from Photoproduction and ccbar-nucleon Cross Section in Nuclear Collisions(30'+10')
B. Kopeliovich Charmonium Break-up by Prompt Gluons in Heavy Ion Collisions (30'+10')
16:20Coffee break
16:30C.-Y. Wong J/psi and Psi' Suppression in High Energy Pb-Pb Collisions (30'+10')
D. Blaschke Charmonium Dissociation and Anomalous J/Psi Suppression (30'+10')

Wednesday 30 September
9:30 T. Hallman Comments on the Status of STAR Prospects for Detecting Heavy Flavor (30'+10')
Y. Akiba PHENIX Open Charm Measurements (30'+10')
10:50 Coffee break
11:00J. Qiu J/Psi Suppression in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (30'+10')
H. Fujii Low Energy Theorems for Charmonium Interactions (30'+10')
12:20Lunch
13:40 K. Seth J/Psi-Nucleon Cross Section - A review of the Experimental Situation  (45'+15')
16:30 Workshop party

Thursday 1 October
9:30T. LeCompte Quarkonium Production at CDF    (30'+10')
T. Ullrich Can STAR measure Quarkonium Production in Au Au Collisions? (30'+10')
10:50Coffee break
11:00M. Rosati PHENIX J/Psi Measurements     (30'+10')
A. Morsch ALICE Capabilities concerning Quarkonium Physics (30'+10')
12:20Lunch
13:40R. Vogt (to be confirmed) (30'+10')
L. Gerland Color Fluctuation Phenomena in J/Psi Production in pA and AB Collisions (30'+10')
15:00Coffee break
15:10M. Gyulassy Survival of Charmonium in Mini-Jet Bursts and Turbulent Glue (30'+10')
R. Mattiello Quarkonium Production in a Microscopic Transport Approach (30'+10')
16:30Coffee break
16:40Contributed talks

Friday 2 October
9:30C. Lourenco J/Psi Suppression: an Experimental Overview (50'+25')
10:45Coffee break
11:00A. Mueller QCD and Quarkonium (50'+15')
12:05Lunch
13:30Discussion - "The Future of Quarkonium Physics" (50')
14:20H. SatzSummary (50')