Centrality dependence of high-pT D meson suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at (Formula presented.) TeV

The ALICE collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2015)205

Centrality dependence of high-p_T D meson suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at (Formula presented.) TeV

The ALICE collaboration

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Abstract

Abstract: The nuclear modification factor, R_AA, of the prompt charmed mesons D⁰, D⁺ and D^∗+, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy sNN=2.76(Formula presented.) TeV in two transverse momentum intervals, 5 < p_T< 8 GeV/c and 8 < p_T< 16 GeV/c, and in six collision centrality classes. The R_AA shows a maximum suppression of a factor of 5-6 in the 10% most central collisions. The suppression and its centrality dependence are compatible within uncertainties with those of charged pions. A comparison with the R_AA of non-prompt J/ψ from B meson decays, measured by the CMS Collaboration, hints at a larger suppression of D mesons in the most central collisions.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Article number	205
Pages (from-to)	1-24
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2015
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)205
Publication status	Published - 2015 Nov 1

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