The production of prompt charmed mesons D0, D+ and D*+, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair, √sNN of 2.76 TeV. The production yields for rapidity |y|<0.5 are presented as a function of transverse momentum, p_T, in the interval 1-36 GeV/c for the centrality class 0-10% and in the interval 1-16 GeV/c for the centrality class 30-50%. The nuclear modification factor R_AA was computed using a proton-proton reference at Vs = 2.76 TeV, based on measurements at Vs = 7 TeV and on theoretical calculations. A maximum suppression by a factor of 5-6 with respect to binary-scaled pp yields is observed for the most central collisions at p_T of about 10 GeV/c. A suppression by a factor of about 2-3 persists at the highest p_T covered by the measurements. At low p_T (1-3 GeV/c), the R_AA has large uncertainties that span the range 0.35 (factor of about 3 suppression) to 1 (no suppression). In all p_T intervals, the R_AA is larger in the 30-50% centrality class compared to central collisions. The D-meson R_AA is also compared with that of charged pions and, at large p_T, charged hadrons, and with model calculations.

Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV / Adam, J., Adamová, D., Aggarwal, M.M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahn, S.U., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alam, S.N., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Alexandre, D., Alfaro Molina, R., Alici, A., Alkin, A., Almaraz, J.R.M., Alme, J., Alt, T., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - ELETTRONICO. - 2016:3(2016), pp. 081.1-081.42. [10.1007/JHEP03(2016)081]

Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV

CAMERINI, Paolo;FRAGIACOMO, ENRICO;LEA, RAMONA;LUPARELLO, GRAZIA;MARGAGLIOTTI, GIACOMO;PIANO, STEFANO;RUI, RINALDO;ŠULJIĆ, MILJENKO;Zaccolo, V.;
2016-01-01

Abstract

The production of prompt charmed mesons D0, D+ and D*+, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair, √sNN of 2.76 TeV. The production yields for rapidity |y|<0.5 are presented as a function of transverse momentum, p_T, in the interval 1-36 GeV/c for the centrality class 0-10% and in the interval 1-16 GeV/c for the centrality class 30-50%. The nuclear modification factor R_AA was computed using a proton-proton reference at Vs = 2.76 TeV, based on measurements at Vs = 7 TeV and on theoretical calculations. A maximum suppression by a factor of 5-6 with respect to binary-scaled pp yields is observed for the most central collisions at p_T of about 10 GeV/c. A suppression by a factor of about 2-3 persists at the highest p_T covered by the measurements. At low p_T (1-3 GeV/c), the R_AA has large uncertainties that span the range 0.35 (factor of about 3 suppression) to 1 (no suppression). In all p_T intervals, the R_AA is larger in the 30-50% centrality class compared to central collisions. The D-meson R_AA is also compared with that of charged pions and, at large p_T, charged hadrons, and with model calculations.
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