Tuesday, July 30, 2013

1307.7568 (A. Beraudo et al.)

Heavy flavour in nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC and LHC: a Langevin
approach
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A. Beraudo, A. De Pace, M. Monteno, F. Prino, W. M. Alberico, A. Molinari, M. Nardi
A snapshot of the results for heavy-flavour observables in heavy-ion (AA) collisions at RHIC and LHC obtained with our transport calculations is displayed. The initial charm and beauty production is simulated through pQCD tools (POWHEG+PYTHIA) and is validated through the comparison with data from pp collisions. The propagation of c and b quarks in the medium formed in heavy-ion collisions is studied through a transport setup based on the relativistic Langevin equation. With respect to past works we perform a more systematic study, providing results with different choices of transport coefficients, either from weak-coupling calculations or from lattice-QCD simulations. Our findings are compared to a rich set of experimental data (D-mesons, non-photonic electrons, non-prompt J/\psi's) which have meanwhile become accessible.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7568

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