On the measurement of D-meson yield in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS

  • We argue that the measurement of open charm gives a unique opportunity to test the validity of pQCD-based and statistical models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies. We show that various approaches used to estimate D-meson multiplicity in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 A GeV give predictions which differ by more than a factor of 100. Finally we demonstrate that decisive experimental results concerning the open charm yield in A+A collisions can be obtained using data of the NA49 experiment at the CERN SPS.

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Author:Marek GaździckiORCiD, Christina MarkertORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-14358
URL:http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9901415
Parent Title (German):IKF–HENPG ; 1–99
Series (Serial Number):IKF–HENPG (1-99)
Publisher:Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:1999
Year of first Publication:1999
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:NA49 Collaboration Meeting, March 8–13, 1999, CERN
Release Date:2005/09/05
Page Number:22
Source:Acta Phys.Polon. B31 (2000) 965-983 , Talk given at NA49 Collaboration Meeting, March 8-13, 1999, CERN , http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9904441
HeBIS-PPN:185391478
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht

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