Probing the medium-induced energy loss of bottom quarks by dimuon production in heavy ion collisions at LHC

The potential of coming experiments on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to observe the rescattering and energy loss of heavy quarks in the dense matter created in heavy ion collisions is discussed. We analyze the sensitivity of high-mass \(\mu^+\mu^-\) pairs from \(B \overline{B}\) semileptonic decay...

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Published in:The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 2001-06, Vol.21 (1), p.155-162
Main Authors: Lokhtin, I.P., Snigirev, A.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic collisions
Energy dissipation
Heavy ions
Ionic collisions
Large Hadron Collider
Quarks
Sensitivity analysis
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Summary:The potential of coming experiments on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to observe the rescattering and energy loss of heavy quarks in the dense matter created in heavy ion collisions is discussed. We analyze the sensitivity of high-mass \(\mu^+\mu^-\) pairs from \(B \overline{B}\) semileptonic decays and secondary \(J/\psi\)'s from single B decays to the medium-induced bottom quark energy loss.
ISSN:1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI:10.1007/s100520100708