Nuclear suppression at low energy heavy ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper investigates how non-zero baryonic chemical potential influences heavy quark energy loss and nuclear suppression factors in low energy heavy ion collisions, providing insights into baryon-rich quark-gluon plasma effects.

Contribution

It introduces a study of baryonic chemical potential effects on heavy quark drag, diffusion, and nuclear suppression at low energies, which is a novel focus.

Findings

Non-zero baryonic chemical potential affects $R_{AA}$ values.

The study highlights the role of baryon density in heavy quark suppression.

Results suggest modifications to heavy flavor observables at low energies.

Abstract

The effects of non-zero baryonic chemical potential on the drag and diffusion coefficients of heavy quarks propagating through a baryon rich quark gluon plasma have been studied. The nuclear suppression factor, $R_{\mathrm AA}$ for non-photonic single electron spectra resulting from the semileptonic decays of hadrons containing heavy flavours have been evaluated for low energy collisions. The role of non-zero baryonic chemical potential on $R_{\mathrm AA}$ has been highlighted.