Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 122001 (2005) - QCD Predictions for Charm and Bottom Quark Production at RHIC

QCD Predictions for Charm and Bottom Quark Production at RHIC

Matteo Cacciari, Paolo Nason, and Ramona Vogt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 122001 – Published 12 September 2005

Abstract

We make up-to-date QCD predictions for open charm and bottom production at RHIC in nucleon-nucleon collisions at $\sqrt{S} = 200 GeV$ . We also calculate the electron spectrum resulting from heavy flavor decays to allow direct comparison to the data. A rigorous benchmark, including the theoretical uncertainties, is established against which nuclear collision data can be compared to obtain evidence for nuclear effects.

Received 29 March 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.122001

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Matteo Cacciari^*

Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France

Paolo Nason^†

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Italy

Ramona Vogt^‡

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, California, USA and University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

^*Email address: cacciari@lpthe.jussieu.fr
^†Email address: Paolo.Nason@mib.infn.it
^‡Email address: vogt@lbl.gov

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Vol. 95, Iss. 12 — 16 September 2005

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