Heavy quark production form jet conversions in a quark-gluon plasma

Journal Article · Thu May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.78.037902· OSTI ID:1040100

Liu, W; Fries, R

Recently, it has been demonstrated that the chemical composition of jets in heavy ion collisions is significantly altered compared to the jets in the vacuum. This signal can be used to probe the medium formed in nuclear collisions. In this study we investigate the possibility that fast light quarks and gluons can convert to heavy quarks when passing through a quark-gluon plasma. We study the rate of light to heavy jet conversions in a consistent Fokker-Planck framework and investigate their impact on the production of high-p{sub T} charm and bottom quarks at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Large Hadron Collider.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 1040100
• Report Number(s): BNL-90266-2009-JA; PRVCAN; R&D Project: PO-3; KB-02-01; TRN: US1202304
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics), Vol. 78, Issue 3; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
GLUONS
HADRONS
HEAVY IONS
PRODUCTION
QUARK-GLUON INTERACTIONS
QUARK MATTER
QUARKS
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