Systematics of Heavy Quark Production at RHIC
| dc.creator | Vogt, R. | |
| dc.date | 2002-03-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:46:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:46:39Z | |
| dc.description | We discuss a program for systematic studies of heavy quark production in $pp$, $pA$ and $AA$ interactions. The $Q \bar Q$ production cross sections themselves cannot be accurately predicted to better than 50% at RHIC. For studies of deviations in $Q \bar Q$ production such as those by nuclear shadowing and heavy quark energy loss, the $pp$ cross section thus needs to be measured. We then show that the ratio of $pA$ to $pp$ dilepton mass distributions can provide a measurement of the nuclear gluon distribution. With total rates and nuclear shadowing under control it is easier to study energy loss and to use $c \bar c$ as a normalization of $J/ψ$ production. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages, uses special included style file, 4 eps figures, for proceedings of the 18th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jan. 2002 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0203151 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0203151 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41373 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Systematics of Heavy Quark Production at RHIC | |
| dc.type | text |