Prospects for heavy flavour measurements with the ALICE inner tracker upgrade

14th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter

Terrevoli, Cristina^1

Univerity and INFN Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy^1

关键词: Extreme conditions;    Heavy flavours;    Heavy-ion detectors;    Pb-Pb collisions;    Quark-gluon plasma;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/509/1/012082/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/509/1/012082

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

ALICE is the general purpose heavy-ion detector at the CERN LHC. Its goal is to investigate the properties of the strongly interacting matter under the extreme conditions of density and temperature reached in Pb-Pb collisions, with the aim to characterize the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). In this scenario, the upgrade of the ALICE inner tracker targets physics topics in which ALICE can bring a unique contribution to the QGP characterization via the heavy flavour probes. We present an overview of the inner tracker upgrade and the expected physics performance for heavy flavour measurements.