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作为热化敏感探针的重夸克角动量关联

Heavy-quark azimuthal momentum correlations as a sensitive probe of thermalization

G. Tsiledakis, H. Appelshaeuser, K. Schweda, J. Stachel

摘要:

在高能核碰撞中,部分子水平的热化程度是一个关键问题。由于它们的大质量,重夸克和它们可能参与QCD介质的集体流动构成了热化的强有力的探针。本文用PYTHIA研究了在$\sqrt{s}$ = 14 TeV的LHC顶能下p+p碰撞,将两粒子横动量相关器$<Δp_{t,1}, Δp_{t,2}>$应用于重夸克强子对及其半轻子衰变产物随相对方位角的变化。修改,甚至完全没有最初存在的相关性在铅+铅碰撞可能表明热化的部分子水平。

英文摘要:

In high-energy nuclear collisions the degree of thermalization at the partonic level is a key issue. Due to their large mass, heavy quarks and their possible participation in the collective flow of the QCD-medium constitute a powerful probe for thermalization. We present studies with PYTHIA for p+p collisions at the top LHC energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 14 TeV applying the two-particle transverse momentum correlator $<Δp_{t,1}, Δp_{t,2}>$ to pairs of heavy-quark hadrons and their semi-leptonic decay products as a function of their relative azimuth. Modifications or even the complete absence of initially existing correlations in Pb+Pb collisions might indicate thermalization at the partonic level.

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