A1 Journal article (refereed)
Investigating charm production and fragmentation via azimuthal correlations of prompt D mesons with charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV (2022)


ALICE Collaboration. (2022). Investigating charm production and fragmentation via azimuthal correlations of prompt D mesons with charged particles in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV. European Physical Journal C, 82(4), Article 335. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10267-3


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Publication details

All authors or editors: ALICE Collaboration

Journal or series: European Physical Journal C

ISSN: 1434-6044

eISSN: 1434-6052

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 19/04/2022

Volume: 82

Issue number: 4

Article number: 335

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publication country: Germany

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10267-3

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/81728

Publication is parallel published: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.10043


Abstract

Angular correlations of heavy-flavour and charged particles in high-energy proton–proton collisions are sensitive to the production mechanisms of heavy quarks and to their fragmentation as well as hadronisation processes. The measurement of the azimuthal-correlation function of prompt D mesons with charged particles in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s=13 TeV with the ALICE detector is reported, considering D0, D+, and D∗+ mesons in the transverse-momentum interval 3<36 GeV/c at midrapidity (|y|<0.5), and charged particles with pT>0.3 GeV/c and pseudorapidity |η|<0.8. This measurement has an improved precision and provides an extended transverse-momentum coverage compared to previous ALICE measurements at lower energies. The study is also performed as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity, showing no modifications of the correlation function with multiplicity within uncertainties. The properties and the transverse-momentum evolution of the near- and away-side correlation peaks are studied and compared with predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators. Among those considered, PYTHIA8 and POWHEG+PYTHIA8 provide the best description of the measured observables. The obtained results can provide guidance on tuning the generators.


Keywords: particle physics


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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

JUFO rating: 2


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