The statistical coalescence model for the production of open and hidden charm is considered within the canonical ensemble formulation. The data for the J/psi multiplicity in Pb+Pb collisions at 158 A GeV are used for the model prediction of the open charm yield which has not yet been measured in these reactions.
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0010148,
title = {Statistical Coalescence Model with Exact Charm Conservation},
author = {M. I. Gorenstein and A. P. Kostyuk and H. Stoecker and W. Greiner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0010148},
year = {2010}
}