# Heavy-flavor electron-muon correlations in $p$+$p$ and $d$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$ = 200 GeV

Abstract : We report $e^\pm-\mu^\mp$ pair yield from charm decay measured between midrapidity electrons ($|\eta|<0.35$ and $p_T>0.5$ GeV/$c$) and forward rapidity muons ($1.4<\eta<2.1$ and $p_T>1.0$ GeV/$c$) as a function of $\Delta\phi$ in both $p$+$p$ and in $d$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200$ GeV. Comparing the $p$+$p$ results with several different models, we find the results are consistent with a total charm cross section $\sigma_{c\bar{c}} =$ 538 $\pm$ 46 (stat) $\pm$ 197 (data syst) $\pm$ 174 (model syst) $\mu$b. These generators also indicate that the back-to-back peak at $\Delta\phi = \pi$ is dominantly from the leading order contributions (gluon fusion), while higher order processes (flavor excitation and gluon splitting) contribute to the yield at all $\Delta\phi$. We observe a suppression in the pair yield per collision in $d$+Au. We find the pair yield suppression factor for $2.7<\Delta\phi<3.2$ rad is $J_{dA}$ = 0.433 $\pm$ 0.087 (stat) $\pm$ 0.135 (syst), indicating cold nuclear matter modification of $c\bar{c}$ pairs.
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A. Adare, Laurent Aphecetche, E. T. Atomssa, A. Baldisseri, H. Borel, et al.. Heavy-flavor electron-muon correlations in $p$+$p$ and $d$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$ = 200 GeV. Physical Review C, American Physical Society, 2014, 89, pp.034915. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.89.034915⟩. ⟨in2p3-00913287⟩

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