PHENIX charmonia: What have we learned from d+Au collisions?
Abstract Cold nuclear matter effects are those effects which modify the production of charmonia in a nuclear target in the absence of a Quark Gluon Plasma. Understanding them is an essential part of any attempt to interpret charmonium production in heavy-ion collisions. In 2008 the PHENIX experiment recorded data for J / ψ and ψ ′ production in s N N = 200 GeV d + Au collisions. The J / ψ data span the rapidity range from −2.2 to +2.35 and, taken together with p + A collision data on charmonium modification from lower collision energies, they shed light on the time scale dependence of cold nuclear matter effects on J / ψ production in p ( d ) + A collisions. The modification of ψ ′ production is observed at mid rapidity, and is found to be much stronger than expected from existing models.