Overview of Charm Physics at RHIC
| dc.creator | Leitch, M. J. | |
| dc.date | 2006-10-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:26:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:26:19Z | |
| dc.description | Heavy-quark production provides a sensitive probe of the gluon structure of nucleons and its modication in nuclei. It is also a key probe of the hot-dense matter created in heavy-ion collisions. We will discuss the physics issues involved, as seen in quarkonia and open heavy-quark production, starting with those observed in proton-proton collisions. Then cold nuclear matter effects on heavy-quark production including shadowing, gluon saturation, energy loss and absorption will be reviewed in the context of recent proton-nucleus and deuteron-nucleus measurements. Next we survey the most recent measurements of open-charm and J/Psi's in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and their interpretation. We discuss the high-pT suppression and flow of open charm in terms of energy loss and thermalization and, for J/Psi, contrast explanations in terms of screening in a deconfined medium vs. recombination models. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 12 figures, proceedings for Quark Confinement and Hadron Spectrum VII | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0610031 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0610031 | |
| dc.identifier | AIPConf.Proc.892:404-409,2007 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1063/1.2714429 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/176838 | |
| dc.subject | Nuclear Experiment | |
| dc.title | Overview of Charm Physics at RHIC | |
| dc.type | text |