Naslov
Suppression of high transverse momentum D mesons in central Pb-Pb collisions at psNN = 2.76TeV

Autori
Abelev, B. ; ... ; Antičić, Tome ; ... ; Gotovac, Sven ; ... ; Mudnić, Eugen ; ... ; Šuša, Tatjana ; ... ; Vicković, Linda ; ... ; Zynovyev, M.

Izvornik
Journal of High Energy Physics (1029-8479) 09 (2012); 112-1

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Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
heavy ions

Sažetak
The production of the prompt charm mesons D0, D+, D∗+, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC, at a centre-of-mass energy √sNN = 2.76 TeV per nucleon- nucleon collision. The pt-differential production yields in the range 2 < pt < 16 GeV/c at central rapidity, |y| < 0.5, were used to calculate the nuclear modification factor RAA with respect to a proton-proton reference obtained from the cross section measured at √s = 7 TeV and scaled to √s = 2.76 TeV. For the three meson species, RAA shows a suppression by a factor 3–4, for transverse momenta larger than 5 GeV/c in the 20% most central collisions. The suppression is reduced for peripheral collisions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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