haibin zhang brookhaven national laboratory for the star collaboration
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Haibin Zhang Brookhaven National Laboratory for the STAR Collaboration. Open Charm Production in s NN = 200 GeV Au+Au Collisions at STAR. 1. Outline. Motivations. Why we need to measure charm in heavy ion collisions. Open charm measured and published in d+Au collisions at STAR. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Haibin Zhang Quark Matter 2005, August 8th, 2005
STAR
Haibin ZhangBrookhaven National Laboratory
for the STAR Collaboration
Open Charm Production in Open Charm Production in ssNN NN = 200 = 200 GeV Au+Au Collisions at STARGeV Au+Au Collisions at STAR
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Haibin Zhang Quark Matter 2005, August 8th, 2005
STAROutline
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Motivations
Open charm measured and published in d+Au collisions at STAR
D0 measurements in Au+Au collisions at ssNNNN = 200 GeV = 200 GeV
TOF single electrons in Au+Au collisions at ssNNNN = 200 GeV = 200 GeV
Summary
Why we need to measure charm in heavy ion collisions
Charm cross-sectionsCharm nuclear modification factorJ/ production in Au+Au
Data Analysis
Results
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MotivationCharm quark mostly produced from the initial fusion of partons (mostly gluons) Open charm production sensitive to initial parton distribution functions
Z. Lin & M. Gyulassy, PRC 51 (1995) 2177
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2001, Dokshitzer and Kharzeev proposed “dead cone” effect => charm quark small energy loss, but in vacuumRecent: Heavy quark energy loss in medium, e.g.: Armesto et al, PRD 71, 054027, 2005; M. Djordjevic et al., PRL 94, 112301, 2005.
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Open Charm Measured in d+Au
NLO pQCD calculations tuned for low energy points under-predict the ccbar production cross section at RHIC
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 062301
Scaled by Nbin to p+p
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D0 Measurement Technique
Event mixing techniqueSelect K and tracks from PID by energy loss in TPCCombine all pairs from same event Signal+Background
Combine pairs from different events BackgroundSignal = same event spectra – mixed event spectra
Data Set~14M minimum bias Au+Au events at ssNNNN = 200 GeV = 200 GeV0-80% collision centrality selected
More details about this technique can be found atPRC 71 (2005) 064902 and PRL 94 (2005) 062301
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STARD0 Signal
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Event-mixing background subtracted invariant mass spectrum fit with gaussian + Linear function
A 4.5 D0 signal observed at pT<3 GeV and |y|<1 from 14M Au+Au minbias collision events
Three signals also seen in sub-pT rangeswith ~2.5 significances
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Haibin Zhang Quark Matter 2005, August 8th, 2005
STAR
~7.6M AuAu 200GeV Run IV P05ia production 0~80% Min. Bias. |Vz| < 30cm
Electrons can be separated from pions. But the dEdx resolution is worse than d+Au
Log10(dEdx/dEdxBichsel) distribution is Gaussian.
2 Gauss can not describe the shoulder shape well. Exponential + Gaussian fit is used at lower pT region. 3 Gaussian fit is used at higher pT region.
2/ndf = 65/46
0.3<pT<4.0 GeV/c
TOF electron measurements
|1/-1|<0.03
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2/ndf = 67/70
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Mass(e+e-)<0.15 GeV/c2
Combinatorial background reconstructed by track rotating technique.
Invariant mass < 0.15 for photonic background.
γ conversion π0 Dalitz decay η Dalitz decay Kaon decay vector meson decays
Dominant source at low pT
Electron Spectrum
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Haibin Zhang Quark Matter 2005, August 8th, 2005
STARCharm pT Spectra
Power-law function with parameters dN/dy, <pT> and n to describe the D0 spectrum
D0 and e combined fit
Generate D0e decay kinematics according to the above parameters
Vary (dN/dy, <pT>, n) to get the min. 2 by comparing power-law to D0 data and the decayed e shape to e data
<pT>=1.20 0.05(stat.) GeV/c in minbias Au+Au
<pT>=1.32 0.08(stat.) GeV/c in d+Au
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STARCharm Total Cross Section
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1.13 0.09(stat.) 0.42(sys.) mb in 200GeV minbias Au+Au collsions
1.4 0.2(stat.) 0.4(sys.) mb in 200GeV minbias d+Au collisions
Charm total cross section per NN interaction
Charm total cross section follows roughly Nbin scaling from d+Au to Au+Au considering errors
Indication of charm production in initial collisions
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STARSingle Electron Spectra
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Single electron spectra also measured in three centralities in Au+Au collisions
Single electron spectra in Au+Au compared with the D0e curvein d+Au scaled by Nbin
The single electron data points in central and minbias Au+Au lower thanthe D0e curve in d+Au scaled by Nbin
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STARCharm Nuclear Modification Factor
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STAR: Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 172302
Suppressions!!
RAA suppression for single electron incentral Au+Au similar to charged hadrons at 1.5<pT<3.5 GeV/c
Charm transverse momentum spectramodified by the hot and dense mediumin central Au+Au collisions at RHIC
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STARJ/ production
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Select all possible electrons, provided they don’t impinge any of the hadron bandsThe di-electron invariant mass distribution is generated using the event-mixing
12M eventsSTAR Preliminary
The J/ yield is lower than statistical coalescence model prediction (red-dashed curve, A. Andronic) Extreme enhancement scenario ruled out
12M eventsSTAR Preliminary
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Haibin Zhang Quark Matter 2005, August 8th, 2005
STARSummary
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D0 signals observed in minbias Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV
The inclusive and photonic electron spectra presented. Significant excess above the background in Au+Au 200 GeV. Expected to be contribution of semi-leptonic decay from heavy flavor
Charm total cross section in Au+Au 1.13 0.09 0.42 mb consistent withd+Au 1.4 0.2 0.4 mb within errors Nbin scaling for total cross section
Nuclear modification factor of single electrons is suppressed in central Au+Au similar to charged hadrons at 1.5<pT<3.5 GeV/c
J/ yield significantly lower than statistical coalescence prediction based on the above charm total cross-section
Heavy flavor production IS modified by the hot and dense medium in Au+Au collisions at RHIC
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Haibin Zhang Quark Matter 2005, August 8th, 2005
STAR