New results on heavy-flavour in heavy-ion collisions with LHCb

TL;DR

This paper presents new measurements of heavy-flavour particle production in heavy-ion collisions at the LHCb experiment, providing insights into Quark-Gluon Plasma and Cold Nuclear Matter effects.

Contribution

It reports novel production cross-section measurements of prompt D0 and J/psi particles at specific collision energies, enhancing the understanding of heavy-flavour dynamics.

Findings

Measurement of prompt D0 production cross-section at 5 TeV

Measurement of J/psi production cross-section at 8.16 TeV

Insights into Quark-Gluon Plasma and Cold Nuclear Matter effects

Abstract

Heavy-flavour quarks are important to probe Quark-Gluon Plasma(QGP) properties. Cold Nuclear Matter(CNM) effects can be accessed by $p$Pb collisions. LHCb is a heavy-flavour precision experiment and has collected large collision data samples. Production cross-section measurements of prompt $D^{0}$ at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}$= 5 TeV and $J/\psi$ at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}$= 8.16 TeV are presented.