D^0 measurements in Au+Au Collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV using the STAR Silicon Inner Tracker

TL;DR

This paper reports preliminary measurements of D^0 mesons in gold-gold collisions at 200 GeV using STAR's Silicon Inner Tracker, employing secondary vertexing to improve detection accuracy.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of the Silicon Inner Tracker for D^0 meson detection via secondary vertexing in heavy-ion collisions.

Findings

Successful implementation of secondary vertexing technique

First preliminary D^0 measurements at this energy in STAR

Enhanced resolution for charm meson detection

Abstract

We present preliminary results from D^0 meson measurements through the hadronic decay channel in minimum bias Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV at STAR. The measurements are performed using a secondary vertexing technique that exploits the resolution given by the Silicon detectors available in STAR.