Evidence of mass ordering of charm and bottom quark energy loss in Au+Au collisions at RHIC
Partons traversing the strongly interacting medium produced in heavy-ion collisions are expected to lose energy depending on their color charge and mass. We measure the nuclear modification factors for charm- and bottom-decay electrons, defined as the ratio of yields, divided by the number of binary...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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20 December 2022
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The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Year: 2022, Volume: 82, Pages: 1-11 |
| ISSN: | 1434-6052 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11003-7 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11003-7
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| Author Notes: | STAR Collaboration ; M.S. Abdallah, I.M. Deppner, N. Herrmann, Y. Söhngen, P.C. Weidenkaff [und 365 weitere Personen] |
| Summary: | Partons traversing the strongly interacting medium produced in heavy-ion collisions are expected to lose energy depending on their color charge and mass. We measure the nuclear modification factors for charm- and bottom-decay electrons, defined as the ratio of yields, divided by the number of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions, in sNN−−−√=200 GeV Au+Au collisions to p+p collisions (RAA), or in central to peripheral Au+Au collisions (RCP). We find the bottom-decay electron RAA and RCP to be significantly higher than those of charm-decay electrons. Model calculations including mass-dependent parton energy loss in a strongly coupled medium are consistent with the measured data. These observations provide evidence of mass ordering of charm and bottom quark energy loss when traversing through the strongly coupled medium created in heavy-ion collisions. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 24.03.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1434-6052 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11003-7 |