Transverse momentum dependence of D-meson production in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=2.76$ TeV
J. Adam
,
Laurent Aphecetche
(1)
,
A. Baldisseri
(2)
,
Guillaume Batigne
(1)
,
I. Belikov
(3)
,
H. Borel
(2)
,
J. Castillo Castellanos
(2)
,
J.L. Charvet
,
C. Cheshkov
(4)
,
B. Cheynis
(4)
,
L. Ducroux
(4)
,
Marie Germain
(1)
,
J.-Y. Grossiord
(4)
,
B. Hippolyte
(3)
,
A. Lardeux
(1)
,
A. Maire
,
J. Martin Blanco
(1)
,
Gines Martinez Garcia
(1)
,
L. Massacrier
(1)
,
L. Molnar
(3)
,
D.A. Moreira De Godoy
(1)
,
A. Morreale
(1)
,
H. Pereira Da Costa
(2)
,
Philippe Pillot
(1)
,
L. Ronflette
(1)
,
Y. Schutz
(1)
,
Alexandre Shabetai
(1)
,
Diego Stocco
(1)
,
B. Teyssier
(4)
,
R. Tieulent
(4)
,
A. Uras
(4)
,
R. Vernet
(5)
,
G. Conesa Balbastre
(6)
,
J. Faivre
(6)
,
C. Furget
(6)
,
R. Guernane
(6)
,
C. Silvestre
(2)
,
A. Vauthier
(6)
,
V. Barret
(7)
,
N. Bastid
(7)
,
A. Batista Camejo
(7)
,
P. Crochet
(7)
,
P. Dupieux
(7)
,
V.J.G. Feuillard
(7)
,
S. Li
(7)
,
X. Lopez
(7)
,
F. Manso
(7)
,
S. Porteboeuf-Houssais
(7)
,
P. Rosnet
(7)
,
B. Vulpescu
(7)
,
Z. Conesa Del Valle
(8)
,
I. Das
(8)
,
B. Espagnon
(8)
,
C. Hadjidakis
(8)
,
I. Lakomov
(8)
,
C. Suire
(8)
,
J. D. Tapia Takaki
(8)
,
M. Tarhini
(8)
,
L. Valencia Palomo
(8)
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SUBATECH -
Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
3 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
4 IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon
5 CC-IN2P3 - Centre de Calcul de l'IN2P3
6 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
7 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
8 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
3 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
4 IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon
5 CC-IN2P3 - Centre de Calcul de l'IN2P3
6 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
7 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
8 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
J. Adam
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Laurent Aphecetche
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Guillaume Batigne
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J.L. Charvet
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B. Cheynis
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Marie Germain
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A. Maire
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Gines Martinez Garcia
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Philippe Pillot
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Alexandre Shabetai
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Diego Stocco
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G. Conesa Balbastre
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Abstract
The production of prompt charmed mesons D$^0$, D$^+$ and D$^{*+}$, and their antiparticles, was measured with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair, $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$, of 2.76 TeV. The production yields for rapidity $|y|<0.5$ are presented as a function of transverse momentum, $p_{\rm T}$, in the interval 1-36 GeV/$c$ for the centrality class 0-10% and in the interval 1-16 GeV/$c$ for the centrality class 30-50%. The nuclear modification factor $R_{\rm AA}$ was computed using a proton-proton reference at $\sqrt{s} = 2.76$ TeV, based on measurements at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV and on theoretical calculations. A maximum suppression by a factor of 5-6 with respect to binary-scaled pp yields is observed for the most central collisions at $p_{\rm T}$ of about 10 GeV/$c$. A suppression by a factor of about 2-3 persists at the highest $p_{\rm T}$ covered by the measurements. At low $p_{\rm T}$ (1-3 GeV/$c$), the $R_{\rm AA}$ has large uncertainties that span the range 0.35 (factor of about 3 suppression) to 1 (no suppression). In all $p_{\rm T}$ intervals, the $R_{\rm AA}$ is larger in the 30-50% centrality class compared to central collisions. The D-meson $R_{\rm AA}$ is also compared with that of charged pions and, at large $p_{\rm T}$, charged hadrons, and with model calculations.