Identified particle v3
PAs: Michael Lomnitz, Xu Sun
Abstract:
Proposed figures:
Figure 1: Invariant mass spectrum of $K\pi$ pairs in $1 < p_T < 8$ GeV/c together with fitnused to estimate significance
Figure 2: a) $v_3$ vs. $p_T$ and b) $v_3/NCQ^{3/2}$ vs. $(m_T-m_0)/NCQ$ for $D^0$ in $0-80\%$ central events comparing with $K$, $\phi$, $p$, $\pi^+$ and $\Lambda$. $m_0$ is the mass of the particle, and $m_T=\sqrt{p_T^2+m_0^2}$. NCQ is short for Number of Constituent Quarks. The brackets represents systematic errors.
Summary:
In summary, $D^0$ $v_3$ is measured by STAR using the Heavy Flavor Tracker is carried out as a function of $p_T$ in $0-80\%$ Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV. The measured $v_3$ is finite.The comparison to the $v_3$ of light hadrons in the measured $p_T$ region suggests that charm quarks follow the same NCQ scaling, indicating charm is close to thermal equiliobrium in the medium created in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV.
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