# Heavy flavour measurements with the ALICE experiment at the LHC

**Authors:** Robert Vertesi (for the ALICE Collaboration)

arXiv: 1904.06180 · 2019-05-28

## TL;DR

This paper reviews recent heavy-flavor measurements with the ALICE experiment at the LHC, highlighting their role in understanding quark-gluon plasma properties and testing QCD models with improved precision.

## Contribution

It provides an overview of new high-precision heavy-flavor results from ALICE's upgraded detector during Run-II, advancing the understanding of QGP and QCD.

## Key findings

- Heavy quarks are effective probes of the Quark-Gluon Plasma.
- Upgraded ALICE detector enables more precise heavy-flavor measurements.
- Results support existing models of heavy-ion collisions.

## Abstract

Heavy quarks (charm and beauty) are produced early in the nucleus-nucleus collisions, and heavy flavor survives throughout the later stages. Measurements of heavy-flavor quarks thus provide us with means to understand the properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, a hot and dense state of matter created in heavy-ion collisions. Production of heavy-flavor in small collision systems, on the other hand, can be used to test Quantum-chromodynamics models. After a successful completion of the Run-I data taking period, the increased luminosity from the LHC and an upgraded ALICE detector system in the Run-II data taking period allows for an unprecedented precision in the study of heavy quarks. In this article we give an overview of selected recent results on heavy-flavor measurements with ALICE experiment at the LHC.

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