Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at root S-NN=2.76 TeV

J. Adam; D. Adamova; M.M. Aggarwal; G. Aglieri Rinella; Maria Agnello; N. Agrawal; Z. Ahammed; S. U. Ahn; S. Aiola; A. Akindinov; A. Alkin; B. Alessandro; C. Andrei; A. Alici; Ian Bearden; Hans Bøggild; Christian Holm Christensen; Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen; Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje; Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard; Børge Svane Nielsen; Alexander Colliander Hansen; Ante Bilandzic; Marek Chojnacki; Valentina Zaccolo; You Zhou; Christian Alexander Bourjau

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Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at root S-NN=2.76 TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, M.M. Aggarwal, G. Aglieri Rinella, Maria Agnello, N. Agrawal, Z. Ahammed, S. U. Ahn, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, A. Alkin, B. Alessandro, C. Andrei, A. Alici, Ian Bearden, Hans Bøggild, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Hans Hjersing DalsgaardBørge Svane Nielsen, Alexander Colliander Hansen, Ante Bilandzic, Marek Chojnacki, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau

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The production of prompt charmed mesons D⁰, D⁺ and D^∗+, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair, (Formula presented.) , of 2.76 TeV. The production yields for rapidity |y| < 0.5 are presented as a function of transverse momentum, p_T, in the interval 1–36 GeV/c for the centrality class 0–10% and in the interval 1–16 GeV/c for the centrality class 30–50%. The nuclear modification factor R_AA was computed using a proton-proton reference at (Formula presented.) TeV, based on measurements at (Formula presented.) TeV and on theoretical calculations. A maximum suppression by a factor of 5-6 with respect to binary-scaled pp yields is observed for the most central collisions at p_T of about 10 GeV/c. A suppression by a factor of about 2-3 persists at the highest p_T covered by the measurements. At low p_T (1-3 GeV/c), the R_AA has large uncertainties that span the range 0.35 (factor of about 3 suppression) to 1 (no suppression). In all p_T intervals, the R_AA is larger in the 30-50% centrality class compared to central collisions. The D-meson R_AA is also compared with that of charged pions and, at large p_T, charged hadrons, and with model calculations.

Original language	English
Article number	081
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Volume	2016
Issue number	3
ISSN	1126-6708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)081
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2016

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Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M. M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., U. Ahn, S., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alkin, A., Alessandro, B., Andrei, C., Alici, A., Bearden, I., Bøggild, H., Christensen, C. H., Gulbrandsen, K. H., Gaardhøje, J. J., ... Bourjau, C. A. (2016). Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at root S-NN=2.76 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), 2016(3), [081]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)081

Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Aglieri Rinella, G, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, U. Ahn, S, Aiola, S, Akindinov, A, Alkin, A, Alessandro, B, Andrei, C, Alici, A, Bearden, I , Bøggild, H , Christensen, CH , Gulbrandsen, KH , Gaardhøje, JJ, Dalsgaard, HH, Nielsen, BS, Hansen, AC, Bilandzic, A, Chojnacki, M, Zaccolo, V, Zhou, Y & Bourjau, CA 2016, 'Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at root S-NN=2.76 TeV', Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), vol. 2016, no. 3, 081. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)081

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Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at root S-NN=2.76 TeV

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