Heavy quarks at RHIC from parton transport theory |
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Authors: | D Molnar |
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Institution: | (1) Physics Department, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Ave, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;(2) RIKEN BNL Research Center, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA |
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Abstract: | There are several indications that an opaque partonic medium is created in energetic Au+Au collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC). At the extreme densities of ∼10–100 times normal nuclear density reached,
even heavy-flavor hadrons are affected significantly. Heavy-quark observables are presented from the parton transport model
MPC, focusing on the nuclear suppression pattern, azimuthal anisotropy (“elliptic flow”), and azimuthal correlations. Comparison
with Au+Au data at top RHIC energy indicates significant heavy-quark rescattering, corresponding roughly five times higher opacities than estimates based on
leading-order perturbative QCD. We propose measurements of charm–anticharm, e.g., D-meson azimuthal correlations as a sensitive,
independent probe to corroborate these findings.
PACS 25.75.-q; 25.75.Ld; 25.75.Gz |
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