J/pis in Cu+Cu 200 GeV - the high pT contribution to dN/dy

Problem: only limited pT range is accessible in Cu+Cu min-bias data (up to 5Gev/c). What is the contribution of high-pT J/psi's (beyond measured range) to total dN/dy?

Method: the dN/dpT = A*[(pT/B)2]C function was fitted to PHENIX J/ψ invariant pT spectrum in Cu+Cu 0-20% and 0-60% central events. Then dN/dpT = A*pT*[(pT/B)2]C function (with parameters from fit to PHENIX results) was used to calculate the contribution of high-pT particles to total yield.

 

Results:


If one neglects the contribution of high-pT J/psi's (pT>5GeV/c), the systematic error will be ~ 2%

(∞ was set to 1000 GeV/c in this exercise.)

 

PHENIX data and fits (data points from: Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 122301 (2008))