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Hauptverfasser: Fan, Bijun, Zhang, Chao, Zheng, Liang, Shi, Shusu
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Fan, Bijun
Zhang, Chao
Zheng, Liang
Shi, Shusu
author_facet Fan, Bijun
Zhang, Chao
Zheng, Liang
Shi, Shusu
contents We study open charm hadrons production in pp and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 200$~GeV using an improved a multi-phase transport (AMPT) model. Specifically, we show the transverse-momentum spectra and nuclear modification factors $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$ of $D^{0}$ mesons and $Λ_{c}^{+}$ baryons, as well as the $Λ_{c}^{+}/D^{0}$ ratio in pp and Au+Au collisions. The results obtained from the AMPT model simulations are compared with the STAR experimental data and found to be consistent. We further investigate the $Λ_{c}^{+}/D^{0}$ ratio by evaluating contributions from coalescence, fragmentation, and the combined coalescence+fragmentation mechanisms, and we find that fragmentation alone underestimates the pronounced enhancement in Au+Au relative to pp at low and intermediate $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, whereas the coalescence+fragmentation mechanism reproduces the observed trend significantly better. These results indicate that coalescence plays a key role in charm baryon productions and helps constrain the relative importance of different hadronization mechanisms in the ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions.
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spellingShingle Open charm production and $Λ_{c}^{+}/D^{0}$ ratio in pp and Au+Au collisions at the RHIC
Fan, Bijun
Zhang, Chao
Zheng, Liang
Shi, Shusu
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
We study open charm hadrons production in pp and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 200$~GeV using an improved a multi-phase transport (AMPT) model. Specifically, we show the transverse-momentum spectra and nuclear modification factors $R_{\mathrm{AA}}$ of $D^{0}$ mesons and $Λ_{c}^{+}$ baryons, as well as the $Λ_{c}^{+}/D^{0}$ ratio in pp and Au+Au collisions. The results obtained from the AMPT model simulations are compared with the STAR experimental data and found to be consistent. We further investigate the $Λ_{c}^{+}/D^{0}$ ratio by evaluating contributions from coalescence, fragmentation, and the combined coalescence+fragmentation mechanisms, and we find that fragmentation alone underestimates the pronounced enhancement in Au+Au relative to pp at low and intermediate $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, whereas the coalescence+fragmentation mechanism reproduces the observed trend significantly better. These results indicate that coalescence plays a key role in charm baryon productions and helps constrain the relative importance of different hadronization mechanisms in the ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions.
title Open charm production and $Λ_{c}^{+}/D^{0}$ ratio in pp and Au+Au collisions at the RHIC
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12287