Suppression of high transverse momentum D mesons in central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV


Abelev B., Adam J., Adamová D., Adare A., Aggarwal M., Aglieri Rinella G., ...More

Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2012, no.9, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2012 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep09(2012)112
  • Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Heavy Ions
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The production of the prompt charm mesons D0, D+, D∗+, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC, at a centre-of-mass energy √sNN = 2.76 TeV per nucleon-nucleon collision. The pt-differential production yields in the range 2