heavy flavor production at rhic
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Heavy flavor production at RHIC. Yonsei Univ. Y. Kwon. Contents. Introduction Current measurements Total cross sections by PHENIX and STAR Related differential cross sections R AA , flow, and further results Charm/Bottom ratio How do we obtain the result? Direct reconstruction - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Heavy flavor production at RHICHeavy flavor production at RHIC
Yonsei Univ.Yonsei Univ.
Y. KwonY. Kwon
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ContentsContents
• Introduction Introduction • Current measurementsCurrent measurements
– Total cross sections by PHENIX and STARTotal cross sections by PHENIX and STAR– Related differential cross sectionsRelated differential cross sections– RRAAAA, flow, and further results, flow, and further results– Charm/Bottom ratioCharm/Bottom ratio
• How do we obtain the result?How do we obtain the result?– Direct reconstructionDirect reconstruction– Non-photonic e & prompt Non-photonic e & prompt
• Results at higher energyResults at higher energy• A question?A question?
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Introduction : heavy quarks as a probe
p+p :
pQCD test
baseline for A+A
A+A :
flow thermalization
high pT suppression
energy loss
parton
medium
light
ENERGY LOSS
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RB
KDKD
Direct: reconstruction of all decay products
Indirect: charm and beauty via electronsc e+ + anything (B.R.: 9.6%)b e+ + anything (B.R.: 10.9%)issue of photonic background
charm (and beauty) via muonsc + + anything (B.R.: 9.5%)
Introduction : Introduction : (open) heavy flavor measurement (open) heavy flavor measurement
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Total cross sections,PHENIX vs STARTotal cross sections,PHENIX vs STAR
Binary scalingSTAR results ~ 2 times larger than PHENIX
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Forward prompt Forward prompt -- production production (PHENIX) (PHENIX)
PPG057 : PRD76, 092992(2007)
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Leptons from HLeptons from Heavy flavor,eavy flavor, PHENIX PHENIX
PHENIX Preliminary
PRL, 98, 172301 (2007)
Systematically higher than FONLL calculation
e yield shows binary scaling, high pT suppression in central Au+Au
p+p 200GeV/c
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Leptons from Leptons from heavy flavor, heavy flavor, STARSTAR
STAR Preliminary
• Combined fit of , D0, low pT e
• Low pT muon constrains charm cross-section
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c dominant
b dominant
Heavy quarks in p+p from eHeavy quarks in p+p from e++ee-- at PHENIX at PHENIX
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d+Au: no suppression expected slight enhancement
expected (Cronin effect) Peripheral Au+Au:
no suppression expected Semi-Central Au+Au: very little suppression expected
STAR hadrons pT> 6 GeV/c
Central Au+Au: less suppression expected ?
RRAAAA
t
pp
t
AA
colltAA
dp
dNdp
dN
NpR
1)(
Nuclear modification factor
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Energy Loss?Energy Loss?
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Elliptic flow vElliptic flow v22 – NPE from HF decays – NPE from HF decays
PHENIX RUN4 : PRL, 98, 172301 (2007)
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How do we obtain the result?How do we obtain the result?
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STAR Preliminary
Direct D-meson reconstruction Direct D-meson reconstruction ((STARSTAR))
D0
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005)
No displaced vertex used
7.4~/ NS
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Non-photonic electrons
Inclusive electrons = photonic + non-photonic electron
Direct measurement :converter method
Estimation based on other(PHENIX) measurement :
Cocktail method
Dominant background : 0 Dalitz decay, conversion
Mostly from heavy quark
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TrackerIdentifier Absorber
Collision vertex range
Collision
Muon HadronAbsorber
Symbols
Detector
-measurement, sources
1
1 : Hadrons, interacting and absorbed (98%),
3
3 : Hadrons, penetrating and interacting (“stopped”)
4
4 : Hadrons, “punch-through”, 5 : Prompt ,”desired signal”
5
2
2 : Charged /K's, “decaying into ” before absorber (≤1%),
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PRELIMINARY
Generator ( Decay + punch-through )1. Light hadron measurement by PHENIX central arm (y = 0)2. Gaussian extrapolation in rapidity to muon arm acceptance
( = 2.5)3. Simplified spectrometer geometry.
-measurement,-measurement, Signal composition Signal composition
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Forward prompt Forward prompt -- production production (PHENIX) (PHENIX)
PPG057 : PRD76, 092992(2007)
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Leptons from Leptons from heavy flavor, heavy flavor, PHENIXPHENIX
PHENIX Preliminary
PRL, 98, 172301 (2007)
Systematically higher than FONLL calculation
Integral e yield follows binary scaling, strong high pT suppression at central AuAu collisions
p+p 200GeV/c
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Leptons from Leptons from heavy flavor,heavy flavor, STAR STAR
STAR Preliminary
• Combined fit of , D0, low pT e
• Low pT muon constrains charm cross-section
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High pT electrons (EMC trigger) FONLL * 5 p+p spectra
STAR high pSTAR high pTT non-photonicnon-photonic electrons electrons
STAR
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 192301
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Bottom contribution to Bottom contribution to non-photonic enon-photonic e
Data consistent with FONLL.
(b
e)/(
ce+
b
e)
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Results at higher energyResults at higher energy
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Differential charm cross sectionDifferential charm cross section
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Differential bottom cross sectionDifferential bottom cross section
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A question?A question?
• STAR high pT electrons?STAR high pT electrons?
• If it’s problem, normalization (efficiency)?If it’s problem, normalization (efficiency)?– Detector thickness must be varying a lot!Detector thickness must be varying a lot!