STAR HardProbes PWG

[Sooraj Radhakrishnan <skradhakrishnan AT lbl.gov>]

Hi Barbara,

   Thanks for preparing these very nice slides. I dont have many comments. I sign off with the few comments below

S7: compared to

S16: small charm quark flow can be contested here, as we do observe large v2 for D0 mesons (in Au+Au at comparable N_part)

S17: Not just in peripheral collisions now from the lower right figure

S19: Since you show the Lc and Ds results it would be good to also have a bullet on coalescence hadronization

thanks

Sooraj 

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 5:12 PM Nihar Sahoo via Star-hp-l <star-hp-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:

Hello Barbara,

Thank you for addressing my comment and answering my questions.
I don't have any further comment. I sign off.

Cheers
Nihar


On 2022-08-19 14:06, Barbara Trzeciak wrote:
> Hi Nihar,
>
> thanks for the comments. I've uploaded a new version:
> https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/STARHFOverview_BTrzeciak_v2.pdf
>
> Please see my replies inline below.
>
>> Slide-2:
>> _Initial hard scattering, m_Q >> L_QCD -> I think this should be
>> "Initial hard scattering,  Q >> Λ_QCD" (here Q is momentum
>> transfer; Δt
>> << 1 fm)
>
> Here the argument is about heavy quarks' masses - since the mass is
> larger than the typical non-perturbative QCD scale, the quark quark
> production cross section is calculable with pQCD.
> I modified this bullet a bit.
>
>> _"negligible thermal production, mQ >> T_QGP" -> is not that heavy
>> quark
>> mass m_Q >> T_QGP? I think there is no thermal production of
>> heavy-quark. Am I correct?
>
> There can still be some thermal production, from processes like
> gg->ccbar in the QGP.
> This should depend on the initial temperature and for RHIC, where
> temp. is of the order of 350-400 MeV, it's expected to be negligibly
> small - PHYSICAL REVIEW C 77, 024901 (2008).
>
>> Slide-6
>> Can you please point out if there is any relation between D^0 RAA
>> and
>> D^(+/-)/D^{0} yield ratio?
>> Is there any physics link between Strong suppression of D^0 RAA and
>> D^(+/-)/D^{0} Au+Au same with Pythia8?
>> (Just for my understanding as you put these two figures on one
>> slide)
>
> Here indeed it might not be so obvious. I've put back the plot with
> both D0 and D+ Raa.
> It should be more clear now.
>
>> SLide-8
>> What are these "*" and " ** " in the uncertainty?  [Please mention
>> it]
>
> Explained, thanks for catching it.
>
>> Slide-13:
>> "…unity → suppression…".  I would remove "arrow" and replace
>> "and";
>> (It reads like RpA unity  indicate RAA Strong suppression in AA; I
>> this
>> these are two separate physics: cold vs hot QCD)
>
> Here the point is that the suppression in AA can be not only due to
> the hot nuclear matter effects, but also cold nuclear matter effects
> can play a role.
> In order to quantify the CNM we measured R_pAu, since at high pT it's
> consistent with 1 we can conclude that the suppression seen in AA is
> due to the QGP related effects.
> So I wouldn't say there are two separate physics, CNM effects are
> present in AA collisions as well.
>
>>> Slide-16:
>>> "small regeneration or/and small charm quark flow."
>>> For my understanding,   "small regeneration creates zero v2" Or "
>>> Zero
>>> v2 hence small regeneration" ?
>>> I think latter is true. Right?
>
> Yes, zero v2 points to a sall regeneration effect (in case charm
> quarks flow) or charm quarks' flow is small.
>
>> Outlook:
>> I would suggest to include BUR HF kinematic coverage plot for
>> different
>> observables.
>>
> https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/OnlyHPProjectionBUR.pdf
>
> The kinematic coverage is nice, but I think that it doesn't show the
> physics performance as good as the statistical project plots.
> So I would prefer to  leave the plots that I have now and since I have
> only 15+5min (not 20+5 as initially suggested by the organizers) I
> have to skip many things in the presentation.
> I will keep it in the backup.
>
> Cheers,
> Barbara
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 8:12 AM Nihar Sahoo via Star-hp-l
> <star-hp-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:
>
>> A small correction on Slide16 comment:
>>
>> Slide-16:
>> "small regeneration or/and small charm quark flow."
>> For my understanding,   "small regeneration creates zero v2" Or "
>> Zero
>> v2 hence small regeneration" ?
>> I think latter is true. Right?
>>
>> Regards
>> Nihar
>>
>> On 2022-08-19 11:40, Nihar Sahoo wrote:
>>> Hello Barbara,
>>>
>>> Please find my comments and questions below on your nice
>> presentation.
>>>
>>>
>>> Slide-2:
>>> _Initial hard scattering, m_Q >> L_QCD -> I think this should be
>>> "Initial hard scattering,  Q >> Λ_QCD" (here Q is momentum
>> transfer;
>>> Δt << 1 fm)
>>> _"negligible thermal production, mQ >> T_QGP" -> is not that heavy
>>> quark mass m_Q >> T_QGP? I think there is no thermal production of
>>> heavy-quark. Am I correct?
>>>
>>> Slide-6
>>> Can you please point out if there is any relation between D^0 RAA
>> and
>>> D^(+/-)/D^{0} yield ratio?
>>> Is there any physics link between Strong suppression of D^0 RAA
>> and
>>> D^(+/-)/D^{0} Au+Au same with Pythia8?
>>> (Just for my understanding as you put these two figures on one
>> slide)
>>>
>>> SLide-8
>>> What are these "*" and " ** " in the uncertainty?  [Please mention
>> it]
>>>
>>> Slide-13:
>>> "…unity → suppression…".  I would remove "arrow" and replace
>> "and";
>>> (It reads like RpA unity  indicate RAA Strong suppression in AA; I
>>> this these are two separate physics: cold vs hot QCD)
>>>
>>> Slide-16:
>>> "small regeneration or/and small charm quark flow."
>>> For my understanding,   "small regeneration" due to zero v2 Or "
>> Zero
>>> v2 hence small regeneration" ?
>>> I think latter is true. Right?
>>>
>>> Outlook:
>>> I would suggest to include BUR HF kinematic coverage plot for
>>> different observables.
>>>
>>
> https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/OnlyHPProjectionBUR.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Nihar
>>>
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Sooraj Radhakrishnan

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Department of Physics

Kent State University

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