Preparation for heavy-flavour measurements with ALICE at the LHC

ALICE will study nucleus-nucleus and proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The main goal of the experiment is to investigate the properties of QCD matter at the extreme energy densities that will be reached in Pb-Pb collisions. Heavy quarks (charm and beauty) are regarded as powerful tools for this s...

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Autor principal: Dainese, Andrea
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2009
Materias:
Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.10.002
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1192035
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Sumario:ALICE will study nucleus-nucleus and proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The main goal of the experiment is to investigate the properties of QCD matter at the extreme energy densities that will be reached in Pb-Pb collisions. Heavy quarks (charm and beauty) are regarded as powerful tools for this study. After briefly reviewing the ALICE heavy-flavour program, we will describe the preparation for the first measurements to be performed with pp collisions.

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