Heavy-flavour production and nuclear modification factor in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$=2.76 TeV with ALICE

TL;DR

This paper reports on measurements of heavy-flavour particle production and nuclear modification factors in Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV using ALICE, shedding light on parton energy loss in quark-gluon plasma.

Contribution

It provides new experimental data on heavy-flavour decay electrons, muons, and D mesons in heavy-ion collisions at LHC energies.

Findings

Evidence of parton energy loss in hot dense medium

Quantitative nuclear modification factors for heavy-flavour particles

Insights into quark-gluon plasma properties

Abstract

The measurement of heavy-flavour production and nuclear modification factor in heavy-ion collisions provides insights into the mechanisms of parton energy loss in the hot and dense medium formed in these collisions. ALICE results on heavy-flavour decay electrons and muons and on D mesons are presented.