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Measurement of the D0 Meson Production in Pb–Pb and p–Pb Collisions

A Study Performed with the ALICE Experiment at the LHC

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Authors:
  1. Andrea Festanti

    1. Department of Physics, Università Degli Studi di Padova and INFN-Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the ALICE collaboration at CERN
  • Gives a detailed introduction to the physics of heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic collision energies, including experimental and theoretical results relevant to heavy quarks
  • Includes an in-depth review of the data analysis techniques and the evaluation of uncertainties

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to the Physics of Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 1-22

  3. Heavy-Flavour Probes in Heavy-Ion Collisions

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 23-49

  4. The ALICE Experiment at the LHC

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 51-70

  5. Experimental Observables

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 71-79

  6. \(\mathrm{{D}}^\mathbf {0}\rightarrow \mathrm{{K}}^\mathbf {-}{\pi }^\mathbf {+}\) Decay Reconstruction

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 81-116

  7. Systematic Uncertainties

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 117-145

  8. Azimuthal Anisotropy of D\({^0}\) Production in Pb–Pb Collisions

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 147-157

  9. \(\mathrm{D}^0\) Production in p–Pb Collisions

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 159-167

  10. Conclusions

    • Andrea Festanti
    Pages 169-171

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-174
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About this book

This thesis presents the first measurement of charmed D0 meson production relative to the reaction plane in Pb–Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon collision of √sNN = 2.76 TeV. It also showcases the measurement of the D0 production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement of the D0 azimuthal anisotropy with respect to the reaction plane indicates that low- momentum charm quarks participate in the collective expansion of the high-density, strongly interacting medium formed in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, despite their large mass. This behavior can be explained by charm hadronization via recombination with light quarks from the medium and collisional energy loss. The measurement of the D0 production in p–Pb collisions is crucial to separate the effect induced by cold nuclear matter from the final- state effects induced by the hot medium formed in Pb–Pb collisions. The D0 production in p–Pb collisions is consistent with the binary collision scaling of the production in pp collisions, demonstrating that the modification of the momentum distribution observed in Pb–Pb collisions with respect to pp is predominantly induced by final-state effects such as the charm energy loss.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Università Degli Studi di Padova and INFN-Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy

    Andrea Festanti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Measurement of the D0 Meson Production in Pb–Pb and p–Pb Collisions

  • Book Subtitle: A Study Performed with the ALICE Experiment at the LHC

  • Authors: Andrea Festanti

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43455-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43454-4Published: 15 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82829-9Published: 04 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43455-1Published: 07 September 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 74 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Cosmology, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

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