Dileptons and Charm & Bottom in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

TL;DR

This paper explores how dilepton and single-lepton spectra can reveal details about the early, hot stages of deconfined matter in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, focusing on heavy quark energy loss and thermalization effects.

Contribution

It introduces a method to analyze lepton spectra to gain insights into the properties of deconfined matter, considering heavy quark energy loss and thermalization effects.

Findings

Heavy quark energy loss significantly affects lepton spectra.

Thermalization impacts the shape of dilepton signals.

Lepton spectra can serve as probes of early collision stages.

Abstract

We study the prospects to get information about the early and hot stages of deconfined matter produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions by analyzing dilepton and single-lepton spectra. Energy losses of heavy quarks in deconfined matter and thermalization effects in hadron matter and their influence on lepton spectra are considered.