Mass matters when quarks cross a QGP
Non-prompt to prompt D0-meson RAA ratio, measured as a function of transverse momentum in the 0–10% central Pb-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV: arXiv link.
Recent highlights
Recent highlights
Constraining hadronisation mechanisms with charm baryons in Pb-Pb
The Λc production yield, the Λc+/D0 production ratio, and the Λc nuclear modification factor RAA are presented Pb-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV: arXiv link.
Ultimate Run2 D mesons constrain QGP diffusion coefficient
Nuclear modification factor and elliptic flow coefficient as a function of pT measured in the 0-10% and 30-50% centrality class, respectively, and compared with theoretical model predictions implementing charm-quark transport in the QGP.
Light-nuclei wave functions probed via coalescence
Measurement of the coalescence parameters B2 (left) and B3 (right) as a function of transverse momentum in high-multiplicity pp collisions and comparison with theoretical predictions corresponding to different nuclear wave functions.
First measurement of the strong proton-φ interaction at the LHC
Proton-φ momentum correlation function as a function of relative momentum, compared to the fit function, measured for the first time by the ALICE collaboration at the LHC in pp collisions at 13 TeV.
Midrapidity J/ψ in pp at 5 and 13 TeV
Inclusive J/ψ production cross section measured at midrapidity for pp collisions compared to model calculations (left), and the beauty cross section at midrapidty as a function of c.m. energy (right panel).
ALICE briefing for EPS-HEP2021: 26-30 July 2021
The ALICE Collaboration participates in EPS-HEP2021 with 1 plenary, 27 parallel and 7 poster presenters.
Here’s the dead cone, finally!
Declustering D$^{0}$-meson tagged jets in pp collisions allows for the dynamic reconstruction of gluon emissions in the charm-quark shower, exposing the suppressed emission phase-space known as the dead-cone: arXiv.
ALICE physics briefing for LHCP2021: 7-12 June 2021
The ALICE Collaboration presents several new physics results at the 9th Large Hadron Collider Physics conference LHPC2021 this week (https://indico.cern.ch/event/905399/), as well as the ongoing major detector upgrade for the LHC Run 3, prospects for further upgrades for Run 4, and for a completely new heavy-ion detector for Run 5 and beyond.
Insight on the strong interaction of p-K pairs
Non-identical particle femtoscopy of kaon-proton pairs produced in Pb–Pb collisions at the LHC provides an accurate measurement of kaon–proton scattering parameters at low relative momentum:
arXiv.