A measurement of Υ suppression in Au-Au collisions at 200 GeV in the PHENIX experiment

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2013-01-01
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Whitaker, Shawn
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Marzia Rosati
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Upsilon production was measured in Au-Au collisions using the PHENIX detector at RHIC using the data taken during the 2010 data taking operations. It was found that Upsilon production was suppressed relative to proton-proton collisions.

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