Fluid dynamics of charm quarks from heavy to light-ion collisions

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Authors: Federica Capellino, Andrea Dubla, Rossana Facen, Stefan Floerchinger, Eduardo Grossi, Andreas Kirchner, Silvia Masciocchi
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202636404010
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Abstract

Heavy quarks are powerful tools to characterize the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) produced in relativistic nuclear collisions. By exploiting a mapping between transport theory and hydrodynamics, we developed a fluiddynamic description of heavy-quark diffusion in the QCD plasma. We present results for the transverse momentum distributions of charm hadrons and evolution of charm density and diffusion fields obtained using a fluid-dynamic code coupled with the conservation of a heavy-quark current in the QGP in various collision systems.

Fields of Study & Subjects

High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Publication details

Journal / source
EPJ Web of Conferences
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Volume
364
Pages
04010–04010
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN