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Open charm measurements in NA61/SHINE at CERN SPS
- Source :
- Nuclear Physics A. 982:879-882
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- The measurements of open charm production was proposed as an important tool to investigate the properties of hot and dense matter formed in nucleus-nucleus collisions as well as to provide the means for model independent interpretation of the existing data on $\text{J}/\psi$ suppression. Recently, the experimental setup of the NA61/SHINE experiment was supplemented with a Vertex Detector which was motivated by the importance and the possibility of the first direct measurements of open charm meson production in heavy ion collisions at SPS energies. First test data taken in December 2016 on Pb+Pb collisions at 150$A$ GeV/$c$ allowed to validate the general concept of D$^0$ meson detection via its D$^0 \to \pi^+ + K^-$ decay channel and delivered a first indication of open charm production. The physics motivation of open charm measurements at SPS energies, pilot results on open charm production, and finally, the future plans of open charm measurements in the NA61/SHINE experiment after LS2 are presented.<br />Comment: Quark Matter 2018 proceedings Submitted to Nuclear Physics A
- Subjects :
- Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Particle physics
Meson production
Large Hadron Collider
Meson
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology
nuclear experiment
FOS: Physical sciences
SPS
measurements of open charm
nucl-ex
pb collisions
nucleus
CERN
Nuclear Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Heavy ion
Vertex detector
Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Open charm
Nuclear Experiment
Dense matter
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03759474
- Volume :
- 982
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Physics A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....388f6b0d4c4313de64e7e241307388ec
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.12.018