2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/204427Charm 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.8 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 PRCNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext