Centrality dependence of high-$p_{\rm T}$ D meson suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2015-11 (11)
• Main Authors: Adam, J., Aphecetche, Laurent, Audurier, B., Baldisseri, A., Bastid, N., Batista Camejo, A., Batigne, Guillaume, Belikov, I., Barret, V., Borel, H., Castellanos, J. Castillo, Charvet, J.L., Cheshkov, C., Cheynis, B., Crochet, P., Ducroux, L., Dupieux, P., Feuillard, V.J.G., Germain, Marie, Grossiord, J.-Y., Hippolyte, B., Lardeux, A., Maire, A., Manso, F., Martin Blanco, J., Martinez Garcia, Gines, Massacrier, L., Molnar, L., Moreira De Godoy, D.A., Morreale, A., Costa, H. Pereira Da, Pillot, Philippe, Porteboeuf-Houssais, S., Rakotozafindrabe, A., Ronflette, L., Rosnet, P., Castro, X. Sanchez, Schutz, Y., Shabetai, Alexandre, Stocco, Diego, Teyssier, B., Tieulent, R., Uras, A., Vernet, R., Vulpescu, B., Wang, M., Conesa Balbastre, G., Faivre, J., Furget, C., Guernane, R., Real, J.S., Silvestre, C., Vauthier, A., Valle, Z. Conesa Del, Das, I., Espagnon, B., Hadjidakis, C., Lakomov, I., Suire, C., Takaki, J. D. Tapia, Tarhini, M., Valencia Palomo, L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment; Nuclear Experiment; Physics
• ISSN: 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2015)205

The nuclear modification factor, $R_{\rm AA}$, of the prompt charmed mesons ${\rm D^0}$, ${\rm D^+}$ and ${\rm D^{*+}}$, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV in two transverse momentum intervals, $5