Open charm and charmonium Production in high energy p+p and heavy-ion collisions

Charmonium production in heavy ion collisions is considered as an important diagnostic probe for studying the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter for potential phase transitions. The interpretation of existing data from the CERN SPS is hampered by a lack of knowledge on the properties of open charm particle production in the fireball. Moreover, open charm production in heavy ion collisions by itself is poorly understood. To overcome this obstacle, the NA61/SHINE was equipped with a Small Acceptance Vertex Detector (SAVD), which is predicted to make the experiment sensitive to open charm mesons produced in A-A collisions at the SPS top energy. This paper will introduce the concept and the hardware of the SAVD. Moreover, first running experience as obtained in a commissioning run with a 150 AGeV/c Pb+Pb collision system will be reported.

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The Small Acceptance Vertex Detector of NA61/SHINE

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/201817110003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 171 ◽

pp. 10003 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. Deveaux ◽

A. Aduszkiewicz ◽

Y. Ali ◽

M. Baszczyk ◽

W. Brylinski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heavy Ion Collisions ◽

Particle Production ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

Open Charm ◽

Collision System ◽

Charm Mesons ◽

Vertex Detector ◽

Charmonium Production ◽

Ion Collisions ◽

Diagnostic Probe

Charmonium production in heavy ion collisions is considered as an important diagnostic probe for studying the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter for potential phase transitions. The interpretation of existing data from the CERN SPS is hampered by a lack of knowledge on the properties of open charm particle production in the fireball. Moreover, open charm production in heavy ion collisions by itself is poorly understood. To overcome this obstacle, the NA61/SHINE was equipped with a Small Acceptance Vertex Detector (SAVD), which is predicted to make the experiment sensitive to open charm mesons produced in A-A collisions at the SPS top energy. This paper will introduce the concept and the hardware of the SAVD. Moreover, first running experience as obtained in a commissioning run with a 150 AGeV/c Pb+Pb collision system will be reported.

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Elliptic flow of colored glass in high energy heavy ion collisions

Physics Letters B ◽

10.1016/s0370-2693(02)03272-0 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 554 (1-2) ◽

pp. 21-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Alex Krasnitz ◽

Yasushi Nara ◽

Raju Venugopalan

Keyword(s):

Heavy Ion Collisions ◽

Elliptic Flow ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

High Energy ◽

Colored Glass ◽

Ion Collisions

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Primary Projectile Fragmentation Distribution in High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions

Progress of Theoretical Physics ◽

10.1143/ptp.71.1429 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 71 (6) ◽

pp. 1429-1431 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Y. Kitazoe ◽

O. Hashimoto ◽

H. Toki ◽

Y. Yamamura ◽

M. Sano

Keyword(s):

Heavy Ion Collisions ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

High Energy ◽

Projectile Fragmentation ◽

Ion Collisions

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Estimation of initial-state structures in high-energy heavy-ion collisions using principal component analysis

Physical Review C ◽

10.1103/physrevc.103.034909 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 103 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Shreyasi Acharya ◽

Subhasis Chattopadhyay

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Heavy Ion Collisions ◽

Principal Component ◽

Component Analysis ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

High Energy ◽

Initial State ◽

Ion Collisions

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Signatures of QGP at RHIC and the LHC

AAPPS Bulletin ◽

10.1007/s43673-021-00014-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

Author(s):

T. Niida ◽

Y. Miake

Keyword(s):

Heavy Ion Collisions ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

Gluon Plasma ◽

High Energy ◽

Jet Quenching ◽

Theoretical Studies ◽

Debye Screening ◽

Direct Photons ◽

Ion Collisions ◽

Experimental And Theoretical Studies

AbstractThe progress over the 30 years since the first high-energy heavy-ion collisions at the BNL-AGS and CERN-SPS has been truly remarkable. Rigorous experimental and theoretical studies have revealed a new state of the matter in heavy-ion collisions, the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Many signatures supporting the formation of the QGP have been reported. Among them are jet quenching, the non-viscous flow, direct photons, and Debye screening effects. In this article, selected signatures of the QGP observed at RHIC and the LHC are reviewed.

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