B_c Mesons as a signal of deconfinement
| dc.creator | Fulcher, L. P. | |
| dc.creator | Rafelski, J. | |
| dc.creator | Thews, R. L. | |
| dc.date | 1999-05-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:06:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:06:58Z | |
| dc.description | We investigate the fate of bottom quarks produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC. Examining both the direct capture of a charmed quark, and multi-step processes, where the B_c meson is formed in a sequence of quark capture and exchange reactions, we find: a) that a sufficiently high number of B_c's will be produced to generate a detectable tri-lepton signal, and b) that the production rate of B_c's is highly sensitive to the properties of the deconfined source. A flavor-independent potential model, which includes color screening effects, is used to study the propagation of a B_c in a quark-gluon fireball and to compare this behavior with that of J/Psi mesons. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages including 3 figures, Presented at the APS Centennial meeting March 1999 Heavy Ion Minisymposium, to appear in proceedings, R. Seto, ed., World Scientific | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9905201 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9905201 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/48979 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | B_c Mesons as a signal of deconfinement | |
| dc.type | text |