Charm and beauty at the LHC
Abstract
Description
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN will open a new energy domain for heavy-ion physics. Besides ALICE, the dedicated heavy-ion experiment, also ATLAS and CMS are preparing rich physics programs with nucleus-nucleus collisions. Here we focus on open heavy-flavour and quarkonia studies, among the fields that will most benefit from the high centre-of-mass energy at the LHC. We discuss a few examples of physics issues that can be addressed and we present a selection and comparison (where possible) of results on the expected capability of the three experiments.
9 pages, 5 figures, Plenary talk at "Hard Probes 2006", Asilomar, CA, 9-16 June 2006
9 pages, 5 figures, Plenary talk at "Hard Probes 2006", Asilomar, CA, 9-16 June 2006