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QCD Predictions for Charm and Bottom Production at RHIC

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-18 v1 Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

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.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0502203,
  title  = {QCD Predictions for Charm and Bottom Production at RHIC},
  author = {Matteo Cacciari and Paolo Nason and Ramona Vogt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0502203},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures