Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State
ALICE-3 is being designed as a next-generation heavy-ion experiment to be operated at the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider. With luminosities higher by a factor of fifty, ALICE-3 will be able to study5 properties of quark–gluon matter with probes and precision which were previously unavailable...
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| description | ALICE-3 is being designed as a next-generation heavy-ion experiment to be operated at the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider. With luminosities higher by a factor of fifty, ALICE-3 will be able to study5 properties of quark–gluon matter with probes and precision which were previously unavailable due to small cross sections, high background levels, and insufficient detector sensitivity. In particular, the properties of hot and dense QCD matter will be studied by measuring production cross sections, flow coefficients, azimuthal angular correlations and nuclear modification factors for open-charm hadrons. In this contribution, we present the results of feasibility studies for the measurement of ground and excited states of open-charm mesons in decay channels D<sup>0</sup> → K<sup>−</sup> + π<sup>+</sup> + π<sup>0</sup>, D*(2007)<sup>0</sup> → D<sup>0</sup> + γ and D*(2010)<sup>±</sup> → D<sup>0</sup> + π<sup>±</sup> in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energies using the ALICE-3 experimental setup. We formulate the main requirements for the selection of particles and their combinations to ensure reliable signal extraction in a wide transverse momentum range and estimate the minimum size of the required data samples. The results obtained are also compared to previous findings for the open-charm measurements in different decay channels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15c834bcbc67450ea42159e5d6fe57152023-11-17T13:08:43ZengMDPI AGParticles2571-712X2023-02-016136437210.3390/particles6010018Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final StateMikhail Malaev0Victor Riabov1Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P.Konstantinov of NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Gatchina 188300, RussiaPetersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P.Konstantinov of NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Gatchina 188300, RussiaALICE-3 is being designed as a next-generation heavy-ion experiment to be operated at the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider. With luminosities higher by a factor of fifty, ALICE-3 will be able to study5 properties of quark–gluon matter with probes and precision which were previously unavailable due to small cross sections, high background levels, and insufficient detector sensitivity. In particular, the properties of hot and dense QCD matter will be studied by measuring production cross sections, flow coefficients, azimuthal angular correlations and nuclear modification factors for open-charm hadrons. In this contribution, we present the results of feasibility studies for the measurement of ground and excited states of open-charm mesons in decay channels D<sup>0</sup> → K<sup>−</sup> + π<sup>+</sup> + π<sup>0</sup>, D*(2007)<sup>0</sup> → D<sup>0</sup> + γ and D*(2010)<sup>±</sup> → D<sup>0</sup> + π<sup>±</sup> in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energies using the ALICE-3 experimental setup. We formulate the main requirements for the selection of particles and their combinations to ensure reliable signal extraction in a wide transverse momentum range and estimate the minimum size of the required data samples. The results obtained are also compared to previous findings for the open-charm measurements in different decay channels.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/6/1/18relativistic heavy-ion collisionsopen charmheavy flavorparticle reconstruction |
| spellingShingle | Mikhail Malaev Victor Riabov Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State Particles relativistic heavy-ion collisions open charm heavy flavor particle reconstruction |
| title | Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State |
| title_full | Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State |
| title_short | Feasibility Studies for the Measurement of Open-Charm Mesons at ALICE-3 Using Decay Channels with Neutral Mesons and Photons in the Final State |
| title_sort | feasibility studies for the measurement of open charm mesons at alice 3 using decay channels with neutral mesons and photons in the final state |
| topic | relativistic heavy-ion collisions open charm heavy flavor particle reconstruction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/6/1/18 |
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