Prospects for Open Heavy Flavor Measurements in Heavy Ion and p+A Collisions in a Fixed-Target Experiment at the LHC
High luminosity data in a fixed-target experiment allow studying interactions of heavy quarks with nuclear matter in the intermediate energy range with extremely high precision. We present a feasibility study for open charm and bottom production measurements in the energy range of a fixed-target exp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in High Energy Physics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/783134 |
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| Summary: | High luminosity data in a fixed-target experiment allow studying interactions of heavy quarks with nuclear matter in the intermediate energy range with extremely high precision. We present a feasibility study for open charm and bottom production measurements in the energy range of a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC). We demonstrate, that high-precision data from AFTER will allow answering two open questions: if there is a collective behavior of charm quarks in p+A collisions at RHIC energy and if charm production is suppressed in the energy range of sNN = 60–80 GeV. We argue that simultaneous measurement of D0 suppression as a function of traverse momentum at midrapidity and forward rapidity can help to pin down the mechanism of charm energy loss in the hot and dense nuclear medium. |
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| ISSN: | 1687-7357 1687-7365 |