Published June 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Overview of open heavy flavor measurements in STAR

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201 (United States)

Description

We present an overview of measurements related to open heavy flavor production. Results from indirect reconstruction of heavy flavor via semi-leptonic decays in p + p and minimum bias Au+Au collisions at √SNN = 200 GeV, and results from D meson measurements via their hadronic decay channel in minimum bias Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions are discussed. For the semi-leptonic decays the focus is on partonic energy loss, RAA, and the use of e-h and e-D0 azimuthal correlation measurements to extract the B meson contribution to the non-photonic electron spectrum. For the hadronic decay the focus is on open charm yields in Cu+Cu collisions and first measurements of D meson in heavy ion collisions using a secondary vertexing technique.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/230/1/012006

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
230
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
26. winter workshop on nuclear dynamics
Dates
2-9 Jan 2010
Place
Ocho Rios (Jamaica)

Optional Information

Collaborations
Star Collaboration