Title of article :
Does the charm flow at RHIC?
Author/Authors :
S. Batsouli، نويسنده , , S. Kelly، نويسنده , , M. Gyulassy، نويسنده , , J.L Nagle، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Abstract :
Recent PHENIX Au+Au→e−+X data [Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 192303] from open charm decay are shown to be consistent with two extreme opposite dynamical scenarios of ultra-relativistic nuclear reactions. Perturbative QCD without final state interactions was previously shown to be consistent with the data. However, we show that the data are also consistent with zero mean free path hydrodynamics characterized by a common transverse flow velocity field. The surprising coincidence of both D and B hydrodynamic flow spectra with pQCD up to pT≈3 and 5 GeV, respectively, suggests that heavy quarks may be produced essentially at rest in the rapidly expanding gluon plasma. Possible implications and further tests of collective heavy quark dynamics are discussed.
Journal title :
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Journal title :
PHYSICS LETTERS B