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Charm Physics, Heavy Ion Experiments, Heavy Quark Production, Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
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LHCb - Abteilung Hinton
Abstract:
We report on a measurement of the Λc+ to D0 production ratio in peripheral PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with the LHCb detector in the forward rapidity region 2 < y < 4.5. The Λc+ (D0) hadrons are reconstructed via the decay channel Λc+ → pK−π+ (D0 → K−π+) for 2 < pT < 8 GeV/c and in the centrality range of about 65–90%. The results show no significant dependence on pT, y or the mean number of participating nucleons. They are also consistent with similar measurements obtained by the LHCb collaboration in pPb and Pbp collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. The data agree well with predictions from PYTHIA in pp collisions at √s = 5 TeV but are in tension with predictions of the Statistical Hadronization model.