Heavy Flavour production at RHIC

Journal Article · Wed Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3536567· OSTI ID:21510036

Kabana, Sonia ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associees, Ecole des Mines, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes (France)

We present a review of Heavy Flavour production in p+p, d+Au and A+A collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We focus on two important topics, jet quenching and quarkonia. Anomalous energy loss (jet quenching) of quarks passing through the dense and hot matter build in heavy ion collisions is one of the outstanding discoveries made at RHIC, allowing for an estimate of the initial density. Furthermore, color screening of hidden charm and beauty states is a key signature of the QCD phase transition, allowing an estimate of the initial temperature. We present results on the flavour dependence of jet quenching. Heavy flavour production in A+A as compared to p+p collisions will be discussed for open and hidden charm.

• OSTI ID: 21510036
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1317, Issue 1; Conference: International workshop on quantum chromodynamics: Theory and experiment - Beppe Nardulli memorial workshop, Martina Franca (Italy), 20-23 Jun 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3536567; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
COLLISIONS
COLOR MODEL
DENSITY
DEUTERONS
ENERGY LOSSES
FLAVOR MODEL
GOLD
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARKONIUM
QUARKS
QUENCHING
SCREENING
ACCELERATORS
ATOM COLLISIONS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
INTERACTIONS
LOSSES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
STORAGE RINGS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS