Title of article
Does the charm flow at RHIC?
Author/Authors
S. Batsouli، نويسنده , , S. Kelly، نويسنده , , M. Gyulassy، نويسنده , , J.L Nagle، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
7
From page
26
To page
32
Abstract
Recent PHENIX Au+Au→e−+X data [Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 192303] from open charm decay are shown to be consistent with two extreme opposite dynamical scenarios of ultra-relativistic nuclear reactions. Perturbative QCD without final state interactions was previously shown to be consistent with the data. However, we show that the data are also consistent with zero mean free path hydrodynamics characterized by a common transverse flow velocity field. The surprising coincidence of both D and B hydrodynamic flow spectra with pQCD up to pT≈3 and 5 GeV, respectively, suggests that heavy quarks may be produced essentially at rest in the rapidly expanding gluon plasma. Possible implications and further tests of collective heavy quark dynamics are discussed.
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Record number
916676
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