Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model

Abstract We study the production of $$D^0$$ D 0 meson in p+p and p-Pb collisions using the improved AMPT model considering both coalescence and independent fragmentation of charm quarks after the Cronin broadening is included. After a detailed discussion of the improvements implemented in the AMPT m...

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Main Authors: Chao Zhang, Liang Zheng, Shusu Shi, Zi-Wei Lin
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Published: SpringerOpen 2024-09-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13265-9
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description Abstract We study the production of $$D^0$$ D 0 meson in p+p and p-Pb collisions using the improved AMPT model considering both coalescence and independent fragmentation of charm quarks after the Cronin broadening is included. After a detailed discussion of the improvements implemented in the AMPT model for heavy quark production, we show that the modified AMPT model can provide a good description of $$D^0$$ D 0 meson spectra in p-Pb collisions, the $$Q_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ Q pPb data at different centralities and $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb data in both mid- and forward (backward) rapidities. We also studied the effects of nuclear shadowing and parton cascade on the rapidity dependence of $$D^{0}$$ D 0 meson production and $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb . Our results indicate that using the same strength of the Cronin effect (i.e $$\delta $$ δ value) as that obtained from the mid-rapidity data leads to a considerable overestimation of the $$D^0$$ D 0 meson spectra and $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb data at high $$p_{\textrm{T}}$$ p T in the backward rapidity. As a result, the $$\delta $$ δ is determined via a $$\chi ^2$$ χ 2 fitting of the $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb data across various rapidities. This work lays the foundation for a better understanding of cold-nuclear-matter (CNM) effects in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
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spelling doaj-art-7d68a1c314c24ae58a85d45f21a378292024-11-17T12:44:11ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60522024-09-0184911210.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13265-9Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport modelChao Zhang0Liang Zheng1Shusu Shi2Zi-Wei Lin3Department of Physical Science and Technology, School of Science, Wuhan University of TechnologySchool of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)Institute of Particle Physics and Key Laboratory of Quark&Lepton Physics (MOE), Central China Normal UniversityDepartment of Physics, East Carolina UniversityAbstract We study the production of $$D^0$$ D 0 meson in p+p and p-Pb collisions using the improved AMPT model considering both coalescence and independent fragmentation of charm quarks after the Cronin broadening is included. After a detailed discussion of the improvements implemented in the AMPT model for heavy quark production, we show that the modified AMPT model can provide a good description of $$D^0$$ D 0 meson spectra in p-Pb collisions, the $$Q_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ Q pPb data at different centralities and $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb data in both mid- and forward (backward) rapidities. We also studied the effects of nuclear shadowing and parton cascade on the rapidity dependence of $$D^{0}$$ D 0 meson production and $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb . Our results indicate that using the same strength of the Cronin effect (i.e $$\delta $$ δ value) as that obtained from the mid-rapidity data leads to a considerable overestimation of the $$D^0$$ D 0 meson spectra and $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb data at high $$p_{\textrm{T}}$$ p T in the backward rapidity. As a result, the $$\delta $$ δ is determined via a $$\chi ^2$$ χ 2 fitting of the $$R_{\textrm{pPb}}$$ R pPb data across various rapidities. This work lays the foundation for a better understanding of cold-nuclear-matter (CNM) effects in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13265-9
spellingShingle Chao Zhang
Liang Zheng
Shusu Shi
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Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
title Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model
title_full Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model
title_fullStr Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model
title_full_unstemmed Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model
title_short Investigating $$D^0$$ D 0 meson production in p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with a multi-phase transport model
title_sort investigating d 0 d 0 meson production in p pb collisions at 5 02 tev with a multi phase transport model
url https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13265-9
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