Thermal Charm Production in Quark-Gluon Plasma at LHC

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dc.creatorZhang, Ben-Wei
dc.creatorKo, Che Ming
dc.creatorLiu, Wei
dc.date2007-09-11
dc.date2008-01-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:53:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:53:08Z
dc.descriptionCharm production from the quark-gluon plasma created in the midrapidity of central heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is studied in the next-to-leading order in QCD. Using a schematic longitudinally boost-invariant and transversally expanding fire-cylinder model, we find that charm production could be appreciably enhanced at LHC as a result of the high temperature that is expected to be reached in the produced quark-gluon plasma. Sensitivities of our results to the number of charm quark pairs produced from initial hard scattering, the initial thermalization time and temperature of the quark-gluon plasma, and the charm quark mass are also studied.
dc.description8 pages, 9 figures; adding a figure and relevant discussion on the sensitivity of our results to the number of charm quark pairs produced from initial hard scattering. Version accepted for publication in PRC
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1684
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1684
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C77:024901,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.77.024901
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/204427
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleThermal Charm Production in Quark-Gluon Plasma at LHC
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